Jude DaShiell <jdashiel&shellworld,net> bespoke: > dpkg-reconfigure makes an /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.dpkg-new file as you > answer You do realize that Debian packages come with pre- and post-install scripts that are still on your system, so that the command above will <ahem> work. I remember seeing them once and forgot where to find them, but you might pick apart that script to see where things went wrong. or at least execute the commands one at a time until you have your file. You could download the tarball, extract everything to some-dir and copy your file over. Which package were you reconfiguring? Michael