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Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.3+8
Severity: important
On my new workstation (clean sid install made with debootstrap), after
xorg installation my /etc/X11/xorg.conf was empty.
I've tried both dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dexconf, but they
give up with error code 10 without creating a configuration.
The error seem to be a missing debconf value.
shattrath:/home/mnencia# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dexconf -o /tmp/xorg.conf ;
echo $?
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (developer): Trying to find a templates file..
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/bin/dexconf.templates
debconf (developer): Trying /usr/share/debconf/templates/dexconf.templates
debconf (developer): Couldn't find a templates file.
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is
debconf (developer): starting /usr/bin/dexconf -o /tmp/xorg.con
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules
debconf (developer): --> 0 xorg
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model
debconf (developer): --> 0 pc105
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout
debconf (developer): --> 0 it
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options
debconf (developer): --> 0
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons
debconf (developer): --> 10 xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier
debconf (developer): --> 0 nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/device/driver
debconf (developer): --> 0 nv
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id
debconf (developer): --> 0 PCI:1:0:0
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev
debconf (developer): --> 0 false
debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/display/modes
debconf (developer): --> 10 xserver-xorg/config/display/modes doesn't exist
10
Tnx for your work
Ciao
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686-bigmem
Debian Release: lenny/sid
500 unstable ftp.ch.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
======================================-+-===============
libgl1-mesa-glx | 7.0.2-3
OR libgl1 |
libglu1-mesa | 7.0.2-3
x11-apps | 7.3+1
x11-session-utils | 7.3+1
x11-utils | 7.3+1
x11-xfs-utils | 7.3+1
x11-xkb-utils | 7.3+1
x11-xserver-utils | 7.3+2
xauth | 1:1.0.2-2
xfonts-100dpi (>= 1:1.0.0-1) | 1:1.0.0-4
xfonts-75dpi (>= 1:1.0.0-1) | 1:1.0.0-4
xfonts-base (>= 1:1.0.0-1) | 1:1.0.0-5
xfonts-scalable (>= 1:1.0.0-1) | 1:1.0.0-6
xfonts-utils | 1:1.0.1-2
xinit | 1.0.7-1
xkb-data | 1.0~cvs.20070916-1
xserver-xorg | 1:7.3+8
xterm | 229-1
OR x-terminal-emulator |
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1:7.3+9
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 15:30:55 +0100, Marco Nenciarini wrote:
> On my new workstation (clean sid install made with debootstrap), after
> xorg installation my /etc/X11/xorg.conf was empty.
>
> I've tried both dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dexconf, but they
> give up with error code 10 without creating a configuration.
>
> The error seem to be a missing debconf value.
>
> debconf (developer): <-- GET xserver-xorg/config/display/modes
> debconf (developer): --> 10 xserver-xorg/config/display/modes doesn't exist
> 10
>
Thanks for your report, this is fixed in the dexconf script in
x11-common/1:7.3+9. Here is the relevant changelog entry:
xorg (1:7.3+9) unstable; urgency=low
[ Julien Cristau ]
* Deregister old debconf questions before calling dexconf. dexconf calls
db_stop, and we can't use debconf after that. Add a comment to that
effect above the dexconf call in debian/xserver-xorg.postinst.in, to try
to prevent future mistakes. Thanks, Michael Vogt!
[ Timo Aaltonen ]
* dexconf: Remove reference to xserver-xorg/config/display/modes,
which is no longer used.
[ Brice Goglin ]
* Fix "no video driver modules found" message, thanks Robert Millan,
closes: #453930.
* Fix dexconf to write in /etc/X11/xorg.conf by default again,
closes: #456925.
[ David Nusinow ]
* Don't force fbdev on mac mini ppc any more. The ati driver no longer uses
fbdev, and it has been reported to work on mac minis without it.
* Add support for $HOME/.xsessionrc. Closes: #411639
This file, if present, will get sourced during the start of your X
session. This allows you to set session-wide environment variables easily
for things like locale information. Patch adapted from one by Yves-Alexis
Perez. Thanks also to Holger Levsen and Osamu Aoki for advice.
+ Adds 40x11-common_xsessionrc to /etc/X11/Xsession.d
+ Document this in Xsession.5 manpage
+ Add a NEWS.Debian entry about it
+ Modifies /etc/X11/Xsession to declare the location of ~/.xsessionrc.
Custom versions of Xsession (like gdm's) will need an update
* Use run-parts --list instead of a custom run_parts function.
Thanks Vagrant Cascadi for the patch. Closes: #458345, #457606
-- David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:01:52 -0500
Cheers,
Julien
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