On Sun, 02 May 2004 21:08, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The upgrade asked me a number of questions about my monitor and > > video card, some of which I probably got wrong, but it made no > > visible difference as my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is completely > > unchanged. > > During the upgrade you are asked a set of questions about the > system. Ideally the answers to these questions should result in a new > XF86Config-4. So ideally you should never be forced to edit your > XF86Config-4 yourselves. If you wish to change the settings of > your x-server, you can write the following > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > If you edit your XF86Config-4 yourselves after the update, then you > have to do a bit of work to force dpkg-reconfigure to take control of > XF86Config-4 again. The following header explains it nicely. > > # 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.
Yes, that explains *exactly* why dist-upgrade didn't alter my XF86Config-4 <grin> The only thing it didn't do was put up an error message saying "You've been all over this with your great flat feet so I ain't touching it" :) > # > # 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-xfree86 Just tried that. "xserver-xfree86 is broken or not fully installed" So now we know <g> > Now you can use dpkg-reconfigure to create an XF86Config-4 that is > taylored for the version of xfree86 that comes with Sarge. Perhaps > this will help. (Remember not to delete the old version XF86Config-4 > :) No danger of that, since all of Woody is still working in /dev/hda1. It's only the copy in /dev/hda2 that I risked upgrading. Paranoia is good :) > : > > I tried looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but couldn't see anything > > with an EE (error) against it, and only one WW (warning) - Cannot > > open APM - which I've got in Woody anyway. > > Well actually I had a somewhat similar problem myself (Bug > Bug#204603). When I use Xserver-4.2 I get a signal 11 with no further > intelligible error messages. If your log looks somewhat like mine, > then you are doomed :) If they look different, then you should perhaps > post the entire log > http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200308/msg00177.html > http://groups.google.dk/groups?th=9ac4ac009ab6e231 I'll go check that out and see if I can spot anything significant. > > > Regards cr (back in Woody) > > Personally I got a nice system by using xserver-xfree86 from woody, > and everything else from Sarge. This is not perfect, but at least it > seems to work. It was easy to achieve this by editing my > /etc/apt/preferences. (See APT-HOWTO). I have something like this: > > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 800 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 600 I just tried that again - wiped the partition, copied the whole Woody over, pinned xserver as above, did a complete dist-upgrade - same result. Ah well, I'll fiddle around some more and see if any blinding light dawns. Thanks cr ... "The answer, when found, will be obvious" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
