It usually asks you what kind of monitor and if you select advanced somewhere you can select the horizontal and vertical refresh rates. I suppose you could do it by hand as well. I can't imagine why those questions are not asked, debconf hasno idea whether you have a monitor or not. on Thursday 07/31/2008 Chuck Hallenbeck(chuckh at ftml.net) wrote > Hi, John. > > I selected low priority for debconf, and also readline, but > reconfiguring xserver-xorg produced the same short list of questions, > nothing about video or monitors. I think the consensus has developed > that the absence of a physical monitor connected to my system is the > key. I haven't had a chance to test that yet, the only monitor here is > on my wife's computer, and that's off limits <smile> > > Chuck > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 03:48:05PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > > This is just a guess but i think you need to reconfigure debconf. Maybe > > you have it configured to ask only mmedium questions. > > > > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > > <select low priority> > > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at ftml.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:24 AM > > Subject: reconfiguring xserver-xorg (xorg.conf) > > > > > >> Okay, I give up! I would appreciate a tip or two from someone on this > >> issue. > >> > >> A long time ago I installed X, but never managed to make it run on this > >> new system, using an Intel 945G motherboard. The video section could > >> not be made to work. I let it go without pursuing the problem at that > >> time. > >> > >> But now I want to try reconfiguring it, and every way I can think of to > >> try reconfiguring will only ask me trivial questions, none of which > >> deal with the details of the video configuration, as it did on the > >> first installation. What I have tried, essentially, is this: > >> > >> dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg > >> > >> I have tried other priorities too, besides high, but am only asked > >> about using a frame buffer, yes or no, and a half dozen questions > >> about my keyboard. That's it. > >> > >> What must I do to start this puppy over again? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Chuck > >> > >> -- > >> The Moon is Waning Crescent (5% of Full) > >> > >> My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net and my cell phone: 1-518-334-9022. > >> -------- > >> It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is New > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net and my cell phone: 1-518-334-9022. > -------- > It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
