On Tuesday 04 October 2005 04:56, Daniel Stone wrote: > To be honest, I don't see the Debconf interface as being valuable. I > don't think it provides anything over xorg.conf for the average user, > since you're going to have to be googling it anyway, and ... yeah. I > just don't see why it would be used at all. The only thing we use it > for is sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg -> instant config > regeneration, with full redetection.
Just that it does not fit your use case, does not mean it is not valuable. I have used the debconf interface to make minor changes (like increasing or decreasing default resolution) and have been quite annoyed with debconf not preserving previous answers for xorg. Not only is it illogical, it is also inconsistent with how debconf is used for most other packages. The suggestion to do a full reset for _directly related questions_ if something is autoprobed sounds like a good one.
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