xserver-xorg file configuration problem

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Tue May 10 11:17:20 UTC 2005


On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:00:46PM +0200, Guillaume Desmottes wrote:
> I'm installing Hoary clients using FAI and have a problem with
> xserver-xorg and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> The config file doesn't contain these lines into the Monitor section:
>         HorizSync       30-71
>         VertRefresh     50-160
> 
> It's very strange because debconf keys are correctly filled after the
> installation:
> * xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 50-160
> * xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 30-71
> 
> If i make a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and keep all defaults values
> (HorizSync and VertRefresh are correctly proposed by debconf) the conf
> file isn't modified.
> 
> I have tried to remade md5sums of the conf file, but it's change
> nothing.
> 
> Any idea about this very disturbing bug?

It's not a bug, it's intentional.

Why do you need the sync ranges written out?  If you're using an Intel
graphics chipset, it's a very well-known bug in the Intel driver that
will be fixed in an update soon.
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