On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:54:24 -0400 Geordie Birch wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:52:09AM -0700, Jake Johnson wrote: ... > > Is there any new programs that will aid in > > the Xfree problems. Redhat has a fairly good video detection > > software and I hope that debian has created something similar or > > better. > > Courtesy of apt in #debian: > > set up x is, like, To set up X in woody, sarge or sid, "apt-get > install discover read-edid mdetect && dpkg --force-depends -P > xserver-xfree86 && apt-get install xserver-xfree86" (or > x-window-system-core instead of xserver-xfree86 if you don't > have it yet) > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 will allow you to reconfigure X, but > will not re-detect the hardware; you must purge/reinstall > xserver-xfree86 to accomplish this.
This prompted me to go look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/, and xserver-xfree86.config seems to have something to do with it. Unfortunately, it seems to be meant to be run by other utilities, not directly by the user. -- Carlos Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
