Erm, disregard that, I seem to have forgotten to actually read the email properly.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:02:47 +0100, Ricky Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file: > > # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. > # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) > # > # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes > # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the > # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. > # > # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated > # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. > > I think that file used to have more explicit instructions; you've > basically got to make sure that the XF86Config-4 that is used is the > same as the one that dpkg knows about, or has the same checksum, or > something. I did it once, ages ago. > > > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:49:40 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > >On 15 Jul 2004, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > > >>I've got a sid box on which I wanted to change the resolution, so I ran > > >>"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". Afterwards, I took a look at the > > >>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, and found that it was not touched. > > >> > > >>I've seen this before, and followed the instructions at the top of the > > >>XF86Config-4 file, as in: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>># 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 > > >>> > > >>> > > >> <>but that does not work on this machine. > > > > > <><snip> > > > > >I have something different in XF86Config-4: > > > > > ># XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the > > ># Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. > > ># > > ># Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. > > ># (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) > > ># > > ># 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. > > ># > > ># 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 > > > > > >Maybe try this? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry; I guess I wasn't clear. This header that you have was on the > > second machine, and at one point I did try those instructions, as in my > > quote above. > > > > Thanks anyway! > > > > Surely someone knows how this file gets generated so that debconf can > > manipulate it? > > > > -- > > Kent > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
