Did you delete the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file first? You can probably run X without it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: re: debian packages >I figured installing a desktop environment using tasksel and installing > orca with all dependencies should work with debian. Wrong. When I > rebooted the system, I find that the desktop environment won't come up > because /etc/X11/xorg.conf isn't fully and correctly built. The debian > way to solve this problem is to do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and > answer the questions. Unfortunately dpkg-reconfigure runs a utility > called dexconf and that utility will not rewrite the /etc/X11/xorg.conf > file under any circumstances I've been able to figure out. I sent a copy > of a typescript output 14K long to a friend and also debian-user mailing > list and nobody so far has a clue why what's happening is happening. > Another contact I have may be willing to check this one out and put in > some good values for me but if that fails it's time to enter some bugs. > Short of that, I may be able to install ubuntu on this computer and get it > talking then copy the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file ubuntu creates and perhaps > use it in the debian system. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
