Bug#480883: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg stops after keyboard definitions

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Curt Howland wrote:
> On Friday 20 June 2008, Brice Goglin was heard to say:
>   
>> Curt Howland wrote:
>>     
>>> Package: xserver-xorg
>>> Version: 1:7.3+10
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>>
>>> When I try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" the configuration for
>>> various keyboard options is executed, then the reconfiguration
>>> stops. The monitor, mouse and video card are never considered,
>>> and those areas in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf are left empty.
>>>       
>> That's expected. The server is supposed to autodetect everything
>> else at startup.
>>
>> Brice
>>     
>
> Well, it does not automatically detect the nvidia driver, even though 
> in /var/log/Xorg.0.log the glx module is loaded, it later gives an 
> error that no NVIDIA X driver found. 
>   

There's already bug #483821 about the nvidia driver having to ship a
nvidia.ids file so that the server can autoload the driver when it sees
the nvidia board.

Brice