Bug#443004: dexconf: error: cannot generate configuration, file; shared/default-x-server not

[Ming Hua <minghua-guest@users.alioth.debian.org>]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:53:21PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 01:18:26AM +0200, Peter wrote:
> > I tested to edit directly
> > 
> > /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
> > 
> > I added at:
> > shared/default-x-server
> > 
> > Value: xserver-xorg
> > Flags: seen
> > 
> > And then dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> > 
> > just fine wrote a xorg.conf file.
> 
> Not for me, the Value was deleted again after re-executing
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.

Just another data point:

I (actually a friend of mine) was also bitten by this bug today.  We
solved the problem by editing /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and adding
"Value: vserver-xorg" line after "Template: shared/default-x-server"
line (but not adding the "Flags: seen" line), then executing
"dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg".

Before doing this, we messed around a bit, looking at the command line
history, I believe before changing the debconf database, we did the
following:

1. Copy an old xorg.conf into /etc/X11/.
2. Remove /etc/X11/X symlink.
3. Run "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg"

Then we changed /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and re-ran
dpkg-reconfigure, and it worked.

Ming
2007.10.05