On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to
> config files. Ill-designed maintainer scripts might. I wish people could
> get their terminolgy right; accusing debconf of writing to a config
> file is akin to accusing
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Paul Sargent wrote:
> > I'm just glad backups are always made before debconf writes to files.
>
> Yes, /var/cache/debconf/*-old are handy.
>
> What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to
> config files. Ill-desig
Paul Sargent wrote:
> I'm just glad backups are always made before debconf writes to files.
Yes, /var/cache/debconf/*-old are handy.
What, you mean config files? Debconf does not ever, ever, write to
config files. Ill-designed maintainer scripts might. I wish people could
get their terminolgy ri
"Paul Sargent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> > "Michael" == Michael D Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Michael> That's why, when you update the xserver-xfree86, you
> > Michael> shouldn't overwrite the settin
On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 18:58, Paul Sargent wrote:
> The XF86Config file says that "bits outside of ### DEBCONF START and END
> will not be touched" (I'm paraphrasing), so I moved the DEBCONF_START and
> DEBCONF_END so they were together at the end of the file, but really I want
> to set debconf to n
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>
> If you set up xserver-xfree86 using debconf (the dialog thing you get
> when you install it), then you should not edit it by hand. If you do
> edit it by hand, follow the instructions in the file that warn about
> d
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "Michael" == Michael D Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Michael> That's why, when you update the xserver-xfree86, you
> Michael> shouldn't overwrite the settings the user has laboured to
> Michael> create. T
"Michael" == Michael D Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> That's why, when you update the xserver-xfree86, you
Michael> shouldn't overwrite the settings the user has laboured to
Michael> create. They are precious.
Hi Michael,
If you set up xserver-xfree86 using debcon
I'm not sure, but I think maybe the change to my XF86Config-4 file was done by
the GPM update.
I think one is supposed to be able to get X and GPM to run on the same machine,
but I couldn't get it to work. What you are supposed to do is read /dev/gpmdata
as the mouse device - but this didn't
Michael D. Crawford wrote:
I looked into my XF86Config-4 file, and the protocol had been changed
to PS/2. But the update didn't take me through any manual config
process, it just silently changed it!
H. I believe it asks if you want to redo the config file and isn't
the default to not
Friends,
One of the most difficult things for someone to get right on a new Linux
installation is the settings of the XF86Config-4 file.
Either the video doesn't work, or the mouse doesn't work, or both. Often it is
troublesome for users to get it configured right, particularly novice users
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