From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF9D10A89 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:08:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m6VL8ieB023538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:08:47 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m6VL8fpQ024619 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:08:44 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m6VL8fW4024616; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:08:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18578.10712.552622.387930@ccs.covici.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:08:40 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf) In-Reply-To: <20080731210247.GA22541@cq.ftml.net> References: <20080730132454.GA8937@cq.ftml.net> <012001c8f34e$bb63fcf0$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20080731210247.GA22541@cq.ftml.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:08:48 -0000 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@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 > > 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 > >