On 6/5/05, Hannes Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/5/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > > > An "apt-get upgrade" last night broke my mousewheel. Furthermore the > > > mouse speed has decreased. (several (all?) XFree86 packages were > > > updated) > > > > > > The problem is that "apt-get" seems to overwrite/change the X-config > > > file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > > So if you "apt-get upgrade" now, make sure you have a backup of that > > > config file. > > > > > > > Strange, if you have customized XF86Config-4 (every should, as there is > > no default), it should (a) leave it alone, or (b) ask you what to do. > > If it does neither, then it is bug that needs to be filed. > > Hi Roberto! > > Yes, there is definately something wrong, since it didn't ask aswell. > Bug filed: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312101 > Let's see what the X folks say...
Curious. I just used aptitude to update 'testing' (which still points to sarge, right?), got _lots_ of x-server stuff, but nothing rewrote my config file. Is there a difference between what "apt-get upgrade" does and what an update using aptitude does? Patrick
