xserver problem - is there an alternative to re-install?

[Aart Koelewijn]

Op vr, 28-12-2007 te 00:42 +0000, schreef R Kimber:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:33:55 +1000
> Corey Bettenhausen wrote:
> 
> > R Kimber wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > I can get is 800x600, even though the xorg.conf file is the same as
> > > before except for the mouse entry.
> > If you change your xorg.conf to its state prior to the mouse upgrade, 
> > does everything work correctly (except the mouse of course)?  It
> > might be worthwhile to post the lines that you changed from your
> > xorg.conf file as well.
> > -Corey
> 
> I'll try the old setup tomorrow.  Meanwhile, the xorg.conf changes were:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"      "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Changed to ......
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "evdev"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Name"  "Logitech LX7 Mouse"
> EndSection

Try "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". It might just get you a
working xorg.conf

Aart