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From: "John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:48:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <012001c8f34e$bb63fcf0$4ba65c90@vv507j> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080730132454.GA8937@cq.ftml.net>

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@ftml.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@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
>
> -- 
> The Moon is Waning Crescent (5% of Full)
>
> My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net and my cell phone: 1-518-334-9022.
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Chuck Hallenbeck
 ` Samuel Thibault
   ` Chuck Hallenbeck
     ` Samuel Thibault
       ` Chuck Hallenbeck
       ` Samuel Thibault
         ` Chuck Hallenbeck
         ` John covici
           ` Tyler Spivey
             ` Chuck Hallenbeck
           ` Janina Sajka
         ` Janina Sajka
       ` Janina Sajka
         ` Samuel Thibault
         ` Chuck Hallenbeck
           ` Samuel Thibault
 ` Gaijin
   ` Chuck Hallenbeck
     ` Gaijin
       ` Chuck Hallenbeck
 ` John Heim [this message]
   ` Chuck Hallenbeck
     ` John covici
   ` Terry D. Cudney
     ` Chuck Hallenbeck
       ` luke

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