How Ubuntu installer auto setups XF86Config-4?

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto]

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Mark Cooke wrote:

| 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?) '

That's ok.

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|> 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).


No. dpkg-reconfigure will not autoprobe hardware and if you rename the
config you will endup without a new one.
(this is a long policy explanation that i will save for more curious
people ;))

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| Sorry, my original post sould of said 'xserver-xfree86', rather
| than x86-xserver, I was tired and it was late.
|
No problem. People that maintains XFree86 have special mind powers to
enter users mind :P

Fabio

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