Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.0.22
Severity: important
The top of my xorg.conf file contains the following information:
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
I have followed these steps, but running 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'
has no effect on the xorg.conf file.
I installed xserver-xorg afresh and found that the following information
had replaced the above information:
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Isn't this the message that one usually sees on Ubuntu systems? Regardless,
it is also incorrect.
Next I dug into the xserver-xorg.config script, and saw that it
appears to store its md5sums in /var/lib/x11. However, even through I
reset the contents of xorg.conf.md5sum in that directory, the script
still did not overwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf with a new configuration
file.
So the issues here are:
1. Users upgrading to X11R7 end up with incorrect and misleading information
in their xorg.conf files.
2. Users installing X11R7 afresh end up with incorrect and misleading
instructions in their xorg.conf files and/or the xserver-xorg.config
script is broken.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (530, 'testing'), (520, 'unstable'), (510, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.2 Debian configuration management sy
ii nvidia-glx [xserver-xorg-vid 1.0.8762-2 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
ii x11-common 1:7.0.22 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.0.1-2 miscellaneous X clients
ii xkb-data 0.8-5 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-8 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-aiptek [x 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Aiptek input dri
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.0.22 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev [xs 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd [xser 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse [xs 1:1.0.4-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv [xserv 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa [xse 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
pn discover1 | discover <none> (no description available)
pn laptop-detect <none> (no description available)
pn mdetect <none> (no description available)
pn xresprobe <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
* xserver-xorg/multiple_possible_x-drivers:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/use_sync_ranges: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: /dev/input/mice
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/lcd: false
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor: true
* xserver-xorg/config/display/default_depth: 24
* xserver-xorg/config/display/modes: 1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1152x864, 1024x768,
832x624, 800x600, 720x400, 640x480
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/internal:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev: false
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
* xserver-xorg/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: gb
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier: JC-17W41
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: false
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse: true
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 30-92
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/range_input_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/write_dri_section: false
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc104
* xserver-xorg/config/device/driver: nvidia
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method: Medium
* xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section: true
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list: 1280x960 @ 85Hz
* xserver-xorg/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xorg
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
* shared/no_known_x-server:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 50-85
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_keyboard: false
xserver-xorg/config/fontpath/fontserver:
* xserver-xorg/config/modules: bitmap, dbe, ddc, extmod, freetype, glx, int10,
record, vbe
* xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier: NVIDIA Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti
4200 AGP 8x]
* xserver-xorg/config/null_string_error:
* shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id:
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xorg
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