On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 11:10:28AM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 05:02:33PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote: > > Saturday, October 13, 2001, 5:44:45 PM, Ian wrote: > > > > IPT> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 04:32:19PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote: > > >> Saturday, October 13, 2001, 4:08:53 PM, dman wrote: > > >> > > >> d> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 03:21:54PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote: > > >> d> | I just did a apt-get dist-update to testing, and it killed my X. > > >> d> | Why? > > >> > > >> d> Probably because you didn't configure X after the upgrade. > > >> Ok ad how do I do this? > > > > IPT> Use the command XF86Setup. It should be in /usr/X11R6/bin. Make sure > > IPT> you run it as root. > > I don't have it!? Is this bad news, or can I just apt-get install it? > > You can use xf86config, its text based. > > Things you should know before running it: > Which device your mouse is on > The horizontal and vertical sync of your monitor(should be in the manual) > What type of video card you have > How many KB of ram on it(you convert from megs) > What type of keyboard > I may have missed something:) > > If you get stuck, just his ctrl-c and it will exit.
I'd give it a try and run dexconf. It uses debconf's database and generates XF86Config or XF86Config-4 (depending on the default X server selected). $ man dexconf Helmut
