On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Geoff Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 06:08:01AM +0300, Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> This case is solved with # mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> >> I am just interesting, what was introduced by the last update, if it >> broke my X configuration? > > >From the xorg-server package changelog: > > xorg-server (2:1.7.7-12) unstable; urgency=low > [...] > * Add 22-stop-searching-for-xf86config-files, cherry-picking the > upstream commit below (which we can't do directly since it depends on > a patch kept in the quilt series: 08-config-xorg-conf-d.diff), so that > XF86Config-4 is no longer considered (Closes: #610453). Thanks, > Bernhard R. Link! > - Stop searching for XF86Config files > > This change is briefly mentioned in the 6.0.1 news release. >
Thanks for the explanation, Geoff! In my particular case, narrow bandwidth prevents me from instant observing of the update process, since I do it not often for a stable distribution. In addition, have managed to use a 'pure' apt in console for any purposes to work with packages, I briefly checked output messages but obviously too briefly in this case. It is a first time for me for 3+ years a stable distro was spoiled by an update, as I thought it is more trustworthy. >From a point of view of an average user, I think it may be useful to warn about such critical changes right after # apt-get dist-upgrade command output, as it shows a list of packages marked to change, before yes/no confirmation. X configuration seems to be critical IMHO, and if X is failed to load, it blocks an average user from receiving help over internet through normal GUI. Yes, I know about web browsers in CLI, but this variant is not preconfigured (AFAIK) in current release and I never seen a note to use that way in emergency. Yes, I know about release notes for updated packages, but do not have any clue how to find it. Please, forgive my moaning... :0) D6S Squeeze is a good released one... -- Sincerely Yours' Mark Goldshtein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
