Bug#442892: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg is useless without discover installed
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 07:36:18PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+2
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded my x.org server in sid, and, after upgrade, the X
> server would not work. But this is another issue I will try to
> understand at another time.
>
> Anyways, the thing is, since my conf was not working, I wanted to try to
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, which I would assume to work, but didn't
> in my case, because discover was not installed.
>
> Here is the message I get after reconfiguring when discover is not
> installed:
>
> xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
> file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20070917193443
> dexconf: error: cannot generate configuration file;
> xserver-xorg/config/device/driver not set. Aborting. Reconfigure the X server
> with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to correct this problem.
> xserver-xorg postinst warning: error while preparing new Xorg X server
> configuration file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new; not attempting to
> update existing configuration
>
> Note that /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new doesn't even exist after this, and
> that I never get asked what driver to use.
>
> After installing discover, everything works fine.
Discover is going away from the scripts very soon. The updates from
yesterday are what will finally permit that.
- David Nusinow
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