Second call for X testers.

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Fabio Massimo Di Nitto">

> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
> apt-get install discover1 xresprobe laptop-detect mdetect
> apt-get --purge remove xserver-xfree86
> (be sure there is no /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file)
> echo $LANG
> (check if the language is set properly)
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> 
> take notes of how many questions you will see (if any).

No questions. X didn't start because I did not have a mouse plugged in (and
thus, udev did not create /dev/input/mice). Would it be possible to allow X
to start without /dev/input/mice?

  (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
          No such file or directory.
  (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
  (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
  (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
  (WW) No core pointer registered
  No core pointer

With a mouse plugged in, X and GDM start correctly at 1024x768.

> Second test - reconfiguration -:
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> 
> this is more a UI test than a technical test. I would like to have
> feedback if the dialogs you see are good enough to understand the question
> and so on.. keep in mind that a single change to these templates will kill
> translations too, but we can change the order of them if required.

It does ask buttloads of questions, but I guess that's the point. :-)

> Third test - configuration without hw detection tools - :
> 
> apt-get --purge remove xserver-xfree86 laptop-detect mdetect discover1 xresprobe
> (be sure there is no /etc/X11/XF86Config-4)
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86

Okay, it asks for the driver, with the default selection being vesa. I
change it to i740. It asks me to choose the available resolutions, with
1024x768 and down available. It doesn't ask any more questions.

X and GDM start correctly at 1024x768.

> Check again /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 comparing it with the working one. You
> will notice that the configuration is pretty different.

The only substantial changes are the HorizSync and Modes lines (showing only
1024x768, not 1152x864 and down).

I've attached a tarball of the config and logs with and without the hardware
detection tools installed.

Thanks, this is looking rad!

- Jeff

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