reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf)

[John covici]

It usually asks you what kind of monitor and if you select advanced
somewhere you can select the horizontal and vertical refresh rates.  I
suppose you could do it by hand as well.  I can't imagine why those
questions are not asked, debconf hasno idea whether you have a monitor
or not.

on Thursday 07/31/2008 Chuck Hallenbeck(chuckh at ftml.net) wrote
 > Hi, John.
 > 
 > I selected low priority for debconf, and also readline, but
 > reconfiguring xserver-xorg produced the same short list of questions,
 > nothing about video or monitors. I think the consensus has developed
 > that the absence of a physical monitor connected to my system is the
 > key. I haven't had a chance to test that yet, the only monitor here is
 > on my wife's computer, and that's off limits <smile>
 > 
 > Chuck
 > 
 > 
 > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 03:48:05PM -0500, John Heim wrote:
 > > This is just a guess but i think you need to reconfigure debconf. Maybe 
 > > you have it configured to ask only mmedium questions.
 > >
 > > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf
 > > <select  low priority>
 > > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
 > >
 > >
 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at ftml.net>
 > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
 > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:24 AM
 > > Subject: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf)
 > >
 > >
 > >> Okay, I give up! I would appreciate a tip or two from someone on this
 > >> issue.
 > >>
 > >> A long time ago I installed X, but never managed to make it run on this
 > >> new system, using an Intel 945G motherboard. The video section could
 > >> not be made to work. I let it go without pursuing the problem at that
 > >> time.
 > >>
 > >> But now I want to try reconfiguring it, and every way I can think of to
 > >> try reconfiguring will only ask me trivial questions, none of which
 > >> deal with the details of the video configuration, as it did on the
 > >> first installation. What I have tried, essentially, is this:
 > >>
 > >> dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg
 > >>
 > >> I have tried other priorities too, besides high, but am only asked
 > >> about using a frame buffer, yes or no, and a half dozen questions
 > >> about my keyboard. That's it.
 > >>
 > >> What must I do to start this puppy over again?
 > >>
 > >> Thanks,
 > >> Chuck
 > >>
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