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Bug#616010: marked as done (xserver-xorg: dexconf fails to generate xorg.conf file)



Your message dated Fri, 4 Mar 2011 02:36:45 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#616010: Use of debconf database disabled for newer Xorg (>= 1:7.4)
has caused the Debian Bug report #616010,
regarding xserver-xorg: dexconf fails to generate xorg.conf file
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Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.5+8
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

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The bug report concerns the script /usr/bin/dexconf that is
provided by package xserver-xorg in Debian squeeze (in lenny
it works fine).

The shell-script dexconf silently fails to create the file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf in Debian squeeze. No error message is
generated.

This is a "set -e" script. When I comment the "set -e" line,
the xorg.conf if generated, but in an improper way, and
the following error message is shown:

10 xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id doesn't exist

This error message is generated by debconf, that is used by
dexconf.

I try the command: dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, but
after this the dexconf failure persists.

-- Package-specific info:
Contents of /var/lib/x11/X.roster:
xserver-xorg

/var/lib/x11/X.md5sum does not exist.

X server symlink status:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2007-01-01 02:03 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1718484 2009-06-08 09:35 /usr/bin/Xorg

Contents of /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster:
xserver-xorg

VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q33 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

/etc/X11/xorg.conf does not match checksum in /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum.

Xorg X server configuration file status:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327 2011-02-21 18:25 /etc/X11/xorg.conf





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Hi,

auil@usp.br <auil@usp.br> (03/03/2011):
> I was analyzing the bug report communicated a little bit more in
> detail, and I think that the bug report could be deleted.

thanks for the follow-up. Let's do that then.

> I just want to add that although under certain circunstances the
> system works fine with an emtpy xorg.conf file, this is a fact very
> dependent on the hardware.

I'd say in most cases, actually.

> In my job I need to work with very obsolete monitors and graphic
> cards, and the xorg.conf file is necessary in order to introduce
> tweaks to avoid misfunctions of video in obsolete hardware.

That should only be about adding a section or two. I'm not sure we
want to maintain an xorg.conf generator just for some corner cases.

KiBi.

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