dpkg-reconfigure not doing what I remember

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:03:01 +0100
Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:42:55AM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> > Derek Broughton wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > dpkg-reconfigure doesn't re-ask all questions, by default.  I can never
> > > remember wether you need "dpkg-reconfigure -plow"
> > > or "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh" to get all questions, but try the man page :-)
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > dpgk does not ask for monitor or resolution information at all anymore
> > since Hardy.  Using displayconfig-gtk is your best option, afaik.  This
> > may require some further tweaking of xorg.conf file by hand.
> > 
> ... but displayconfig-gtk isn't available for 8.10 and I suspect it
> may not be in 8.04.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green
> 

Perhaps a bug report with enough comments could help the issue along:

Bug reports regarding X can generally be filed against the 'xorg'
package, and if necessary they will be moved to the correct package by
the Ubuntu X team.  Additionally, you'll want to include your
'/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file and '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' from the Live CD.
You can find out more about debugging X at
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Debugging.

Btw, you can also report X bugs more easily now by running this command:

  ubuntu-bug xorg

This will automatically gather all the necessary troubleshooting files,
launch your web browser, and open the bug in launchpad.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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