Not sure why, but got the bright idea to kill gpm and try again. Ta-da! Apparently gpm conflicts with mdetect.
I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and like Jimmy was puzzled that XF86Config-4 was not generated. Out of whim (because I tried it a few months ago and it worked) I ran dexconf (another ta-da) and it generated an XF86Config-4 with all the settings that I had specified when I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. Ahhh...the pleasures of the constantly moving landscape of Linux. :) -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720 > From: Charles Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:14:05 -0800 > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:21:46 -0600 > > OK, purged all traces of X and tried again (by select > task-x-window-system-core)... > > This time I discovered that the install seems to be hanging on mdetect -x. > It apparently is in a loop that keeps resubmitting the process. > > I looked at xserver-xfree86.config and found where it was calling mdetect > with MDETECT_OUTPUT=$(mdetect -x). Of course I'm a novice, but I tried doing > the same thing manually and then echo $MDETECT_OUTPUT. It displayed a blank > line and a man mdetect revealed that a successful detection should have > returned a 0. > > I've pretty much exhausted my newbie capabilities and gpm is working fine, > so I'm not sure where to go next. > > -- > Charles Lewis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 817-556-4720 > > >> From: Jimmy Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 16 Mar 2001 14:02:55 -0700 >> To: Charles Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install >> >> Hello Charles, >> >> You can do the command 'XFree86 --config' to get it to probe hardware >> and create a generic XF86Config-4 file. >> I do not know why the command 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' does >> not seem to be creating an XF86Config-4 >> file. I think that command should normally be the way to create your X >> files for debian, but it seems to be broken, at least for me. >> I looked on the http://bugs.debian.org/ and could not tell from the >> descriptions if someone had entered a bug report on >> that specific problem or not, so I may look them over again and perhaps >> submit a bug on it. I even created an /etc/X11/X file >> and and XF86Config-4 file in there. When I ran that command it asked me >> if I wanted them to be overwritten. I said yes. It did >> not make/overwrite the X and XF86Config files. I think it is definitely >> a bug. I had to do the XFree86 --config and manually >> edit it the XF86Config-4 file it made to make it that worked for my >> Voodoo3 2000. >> >> Anyone else having this problem? Just curious.... >> >> >> Jimmy Richards >> >> >> >> On 16 Mar 2001 12:41:41 -0800, Charles Lewis wrote: >>> Trying to install X on a brand new sid box. Selected >>> task-x-window-system-core (and all its dependencies >>> and it freezes at: >>> >>> Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.27)... >>> >>> I have a Rage 128 card...the non-free xserver-rage128 installs successfully, >>> except that I can't figure out how to generate XF86Config-4 since none of >>> the usual utilities seem to be present or have dependencies on >>> xserver-xfree86. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> Charles Lewis >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> 817-556-4720 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] > >
