In my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file: # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.
I think that file used to have more explicit instructions; you've basically got to make sure that the XF86Config-4 that is used is the same as the one that dpkg knows about, or has the same checksum, or something. I did it once, ages ago. On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:49:40 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >On 15 Jul 2004, Kent West wrote: > > > > > >>I've got a sid box on which I wanted to change the resolution, so I ran > >>"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". Afterwards, I took a look at the > >>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, and found that it was not touched. > >> > >>I've seen this before, and followed the instructions at the top of the > >>XF86Config-4 file, as in: > >> > >> > >> > >>># cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom > >>># md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum > >>># dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > >>> > >>> > >> <>but that does not work on this machine. > > > <><snip> > > >I have something different in XF86Config-4: > > > ># XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the > ># Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. > ># > ># Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. > ># (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) > ># > ># This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* > ># if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 > ># package. > ># > ># If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated > ># again, run the following commands as root: > ># > ># cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom > ># md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum > ># dpkg-reconfigure xserver > > > >Maybe try this? > > > > > > Sorry; I guess I wasn't clear. This header that you have was on the > second machine, and at one point I did try those instructions, as in my > quote above. > > Thanks anyway! > > Surely someone knows how this file gets generated so that debconf can > manipulate it? > > -- > Kent > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
