Bug#414172: xserver-xorg: on sarge-etch upgrade, fails produce usable xorg.conf

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:42:29 +0100, Daniel Blaschke wrote:

> xserver-xorg-input-all was installed.
> 
sorry, the question should have been about xserver-xorg-video-all.  Was
that package installed during the upgrade?

> # discover --data-path=xfree86/server/device/driver display
> -bash: discover: command not found
> (on both machines)
> 
> I also tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg: there was no autodetection
> (on either machine), instead I was asked to select a driver (mga was
> highlighted by default). During the initial upgrade, however, I didn't
> get that screen: I was only asked about screen-resolutions.
> 
> (By the way: the upgrade was done remotely through ssh.)
> 
> Why doesn't xserver-xorg use the setup from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 which
> worked perfectly with XFree86?
> 
This is probably a bug, IMO.

Cheers,
Julien