duh!

My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use
xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot
work out what package its in.

Also, in the debian reference manual, at
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
date or something? Surely not?

Thanks for any ,

Martin


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On 09/30/2007 12:25 PM, Martin Waller wrote:
> duh!
>
> My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use
> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot
> work out what package its in.
>
> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
> date or something? Surely not?
>
> Thanks for any ,
>
> Martin
>
>

Any references to XFree86 are outdated if you're using Etch. The Debian
Reference was written for Sarge (which I'm glad of because I'm still
using Sarge).

Try this:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg





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On 09/30/07 12:25, Martin Waller wrote:
> duh!
>
> My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use
> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot
> work out what package its in.
>
> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
> date or something? Surely not?

Looks like it is out of date. Try running :
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

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On 09/30/2007 01:25 PM, Martin Waller wrote:
> duh!
>
> My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use
> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot
> work out what package its in.
>
> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
> date or something? Surely not?
>
> Thanks for any ,

Have you looked at the release notes? Perhaps:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl...en.html#s-xorg

Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("etch"), Intel x86 - Issues to
be aware of for etch

5.3 XFree86 to X.Org transition

Also, /etc/X11/xorg.conf and $ man xorg.conf.

Post errors from /var/log/ for more .

Regards,
Ralph


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s. keeling wrote:
> Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
>
>> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot
>> work out what package it's in.
>>
>
> (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
> doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html
> doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/xf86config.html
> xmanpages-ja: usr/share/man/ja/man1/xf86config.1x.gz
>
sorry - just what does that add to the issue? I'm not intersted in
Xinerama or html pages...
>
>> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
>> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
>> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
>>
>
> (0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
> 01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
>
> That's a 4 Mb PCI card. Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
> For some Matrox cards, you may be better off trying the generic vesa
> svga server.
>
>
>
Lucky you.


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Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
>
> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot
> work out what package it's in.

(0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html
doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/xf86config.html
xmanpages-ja: usr/share/man/ja/man1/xf86config.1x.gz

> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...n.html#s-xsrvr, it
> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of

(0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]

That's a 4 Mb PCI card. Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
For some Matrox cards, you may be better off trying the generic vesa
svga server.


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On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 06:25:49PM +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
> My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use
> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot
> work out what package its in.

As you see, "The Debian Way" is to use dpkg-reconfigure.

Often, Xorg will at least start by not using an xorg.conf file at all.

If dpkg-reconfigure doesn't give you a functioning X, you could try, as
root:

# xorg -configure

This should generate a basic config file that you can edit or at least
get some info to then plug into your dpkg-reconfigure answers.

Doug.


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Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
> >
> >> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot
> >> work out what package it's in.
> >
> > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
>
> sorry - just what does that add to the issue? I'm not intersted in
> Xinerama or html pages...

apt-file knows everything there is to know about Debian package
contents. If that's all it knows about xf86config, you're pretty safe
to assume there is no xf86config in Debian.

> >> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
> >> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
> >
> > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
> > 01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
> >
> > That's a 4 Mb PCI card. Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
>
> Lucky you.

Note to self: ignore pleas for from M. Waller in the future.


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