On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 21:08, s. keeling <keel...@nucleus.com> wrote: > Ken Teague <ktea...@pobox.com>: >> s. keeling wrote: >> > xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised >> > configuration >> >> Your xorg.conf has been customized and dpkg-reconfigure doesn't want you >> to lose those options when it attempts to reconfigure Xorg. Back it up >> by moving it: >> $ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_`date +%F-%T` >> $ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > (234) newmil [root] /root_ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_`date > +%F-%T` > (0) newmil [root] /root_ all /etc/X11/xorg* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1803 2009-01-18 22:04 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090118220406 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:39 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121173908 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1182 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174015 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174020 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174053 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1182 2009-01-21 18:04 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121180435 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 18:04 > /etc/X11/xorg.conf_2009-01-21-21:19:20 > (0) newmil [root] /root_ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > md5sum: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory > > As I say, I've been here before. It's a simple problem, but I can't > remember what the solution is/was.
use the --force option maybe? It does wonders for other dpkg programs Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
