On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:36:32PM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote: > Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:16:23AM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > > >>So is this a problem with RHL8 or RHL9? > >> > >>Worked fine for me. If X is not running, it starts a new Xserver. > >>Using --reconfig probes everything to create a completely new config file. > > > > > > And hence the problem. If the X config is invalid, you can't change it > > and the syntax of the command isn't properly documented. If X doesn't > > start up at all, a new XF86Config isn't generated (I've demonstrated > > I just tried a few more things with RHL9. > --noui --reconfig : created a completely new config file, using the > same probing that the installer used. Only if the X session is successful. If the probe tries and fails, you're up a creek with only half a paddle. > Of course, I prefer to edit XF86Config myself using vi. But what if you don't have XF86Config to begin with? Although there are workarounds, it's a real chicken or the egg situation for some people. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
