On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 07:36:18PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg > Version: 1:7.3+2 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > I recently upgraded my x.org server in sid, and, after upgrade, the X > server would not work. But this is another issue I will try to > understand at another time. > > Anyways, the thing is, since my conf was not working, I wanted to try to > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, which I would assume to work, but didn't > in my case, because discover was not installed. > > Here is the message I get after reconfiguring when discover is not > installed: > > xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration > file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20070917193443 > dexconf: error: cannot generate configuration file; > xserver-xorg/config/device/driver not set. Aborting. Reconfigure the X > server > with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to correct this problem. > xserver-xorg postinst warning: error while preparing new Xorg X server > configuration file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new; not attempting to > update existing configuration > > Note that /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new doesn't even exist after this, and > that I never get asked what driver to use. > > After installing discover, everything works fine.
Discover is going away from the scripts very soon. The updates from yesterday are what will finally permit that. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]