Running that command as you wrote it results in this error message: debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
Running it with sudo doesn't produce any error message. The xorg.conf it creates under /tmp is attached here: ** Attachment added: "/tmp/xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11306032/xorg.conf -- [ATI X1300] Could not generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs