On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Brian May wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >> This appears to be the case. I saved my old XF86Config, reran XF86Setup, > >> and then replaced the auto-generated XF86Config with my old one. Now > >> startx works just fine. [...] > >Yes, this is a serious problem. I am not sure what I can do to fix it; my > >pre- and post- removal scripts in the current xbase package don't delete > >those conffiles, dpkg does. It's not easy to change dpkg's mind about such > >things. [...] > - what package "owned" the config file in question? On my slink system > /etc/X11/XF86Config isn't owned by any package. That might be > significant.
I should clarify - my old XF86Config file was still there in /etc/X11/. It wasn't deleted when I purged xbase. But even so, startx failed. I knew that XF86Setup would overwrite XF86Config, so I saved a copy. I don't know what *other* file XF86Setup created/restored/modified, but it wasn't XF86Config. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If all the muscles in your body pulled in the same direction, you could lift over twenty tons. But you'd walk funny. - L. M. Boyd
