[plug] Trying to configure X

[Trent Lloyd]

At 11:57 AM 21/05/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>On Mon, 20 May 2002 22:00:28 +0800 "David & Lisa Buddrige"
><buddrige at wasp.net.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
>Hi David
>
>I'm assuming with your Mach card you are using XFree86-4. The server this will
>be using is xserver-xfree86 so you can let the debian configuration do the 
>work
>by using:
>
># dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
>An interesting issue that the debianites might like to explain:
>
>I was trying this reconfiguration on the xserver-s3. I was back running this
>XFree86-3 on a machine that had an older card that XFree86-4 doesn't yet (and
>may never!) support based on the list discussion. For some reason the
>reconfigure asked less questions that the original install and the
>reconfiguration was not successful. I fixed the problem using:
>
># apt-get remove xserver-s3
># apt-get install xserver-s3

something to do with the dpkg "dont ask old questions again" setting?

>I didn't use --purge so I was surprised that it didn't just pick up the old
>config file but I remember now that an early question for X setup is "Do you
>want to replace the old XF86Config ? <Yes/No>" or something similar. Anyway a
>re-install worked differently to a reconfigure.
>
>Of course I took careful notes (not) so I could reproduce the problem and 
>file a
>bug report. I'm not sure if it is a bug. Anyone using XFree86-3 on woody that
>has tinkered at this level ?
>
>On David's question, the trick may be similar. If pain persists, try a remove
>then install of the server you have installed. It's fast, it's simple, it's
>debian :-) <would you buy a used car from this man ?>
>
>All the best
>Harry
>
>ps Often when someone mentions a package I don't know:
># apt-get install <package>
>.. seconds later
># man <package>
><read .. read .. cool>
># apt-get remove <package>
>.. in seconds
>Having a woody mirror partition has .. advantages :-)