How Ubuntu installer auto setups XF86Config-4?

[Mark Cooke]

Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:

> Be sure to have: laptop-detect. discover1, xresprobe and mdetect installed.

I have removed laptop-detectm (as I never use laptops, or is this name 
deceiving?)

> Keep a copy of xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu22_i386.deb
> If you installed from cdrom it should be in /var/cache/apt/archive,
> otherwise grab it from the network and put it somewhere.
> 
> there are several ways know to rerun autodetection, but i will give you
> the one i usually use to test the package and simulate a fresh install.
> 
> apt-get --purge remove xserver-xfree86

but surley just running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (and maybe 
renaming the old XF86Config-4, just incase), would do the job instead? 
(as this is still running the post-install script).

Sorry, my original post sould of said 'xserver-xfree86', rather than 
x86-xserver, I was tired and it was late.

Mark