Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-7 Severity: normal Tags: patch xserver-xfree86.config contains the following code:
... if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method choices "Medium, Advanced" db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method default "Medium" else # not an LCD db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method choices "Simple, Medium, Advanced" db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method default "Simple" fi auto_answer db_input "$(priority_ceil $PRIORITY)" xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method "Advanced" ... Thus default answer for xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method is "Simple" or "Medium" (which is good for non-technical users), but if debconf actually asks the question, the default shown answer is hardcoded to "Advanced". Since users tend to accept all defaults they see (even after a help screen was shown describing what the selections mean), too often they select this default and are faced with questions about frequences they can't understand. And even can't go back at that point. So it seems better to show a "silly-safe" choise by default. I.e. the same as is set in the case when question is not asked. --- xserver-xfree86.config.orig 2004-04-05 16:02:07.000000000 +0400 +++ xserver-xfree86.config 2004-04-05 16:06:21.000000000 +0400 @@ -1568,13 +1568,14 @@ MONITOR_IS_LCD="$RET" if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method choices "Medium, Advanced" - db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method default "Medium" + DEFAULT="Medium" else # not an LCD db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method choices "Simple, Medium, Advanced" - db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method default "Simple" + DEFAULT="Simple" fi -auto_answer db_input "$(priority_ceil $PRIORITY)" xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method "Advanced" +db_subst xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method default $DEFAULT +auto_answer db_input "$(priority_ceil $PRIORITY)" xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method $DEFAULT db_get xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method case "$RET" in
