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From: "John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
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Subject: Re: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:48:05 -0500
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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
>
> -- 
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