You are not meant to run dexconf directly. Use 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' instead. That preserves your config if there are hand- written rules.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- dexconf overwrites xorg.conf without warning or backup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs