The X autoconfig does not always work correctly

[Carlos Perelló Marín]

Sorry for the delay, here you have the debug info.

BTW, the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command you ask to execute to debug
the autoconfig scripts does not works, it asks me always all questions, the only
way I found to do it is dpkg --purge xserver-xfree86 and then, reinstall it again.

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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discover output

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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lspci output

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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xresprobe output

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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My old configuration (from August installation)

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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The log output with my old configuration

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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The new configuration

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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The log output with the new configuration

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

I forgot to say that the Xserver works, but the HorizSync is too small and the
screen is also too small.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Carlos when opening a bug, do you mind to summarize what was wrong in the beginning?

Also are you sure that this is not the debugging of another bug?

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

Sorry I need to sort my mind before reporting bug reports..

I was testing the new Xserver autoconfig and I removed the XF86Config-4 file so
it's recreated again like a fresh installation (I cannot reinstall my laptop
now) and the new config file I got is not correct.

About if it's not the debugging of another bug... I don't understand what do you
mean. It's similar to the problem I had with my iMac installation and I just did
the same thing with my powerbook.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

I checked the new config and the old one. The difference is in
HorizSync that is set to 28-33 but there is no way that X could have
calculated -33 in any case.
Either using the known settings or calculating it would have set a
value of atleast 50.

If you purge the package, rm the config, and reinstall it, can you reproduce
this problem constantly?

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

Yes, it happens always, that's the way I'm testing it

1.- stop gdm
2.- rm -f /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
3.- dpkg --purge xserver-xfree86
4.- apt-get install xserver-xfree86

And I get always that output.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

stop gdm
purge the package
remove the config
export XRESPROBE_DEBUG=yes

apt-get install xserver-xfree86 2>log

and attach the log to the bug please.

Fabio

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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Log requested in the comment #13

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

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> Created an attachment (id=465) [edit]
> Log requested in the comment #13
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This is really weird. Can you send me the output of:
debconf-show xserver-xfree86
with and without xserver-xfree86 installed?

Basically I can see that we set the values correctly,
but debconf returns crap later. What I am puzzled
about is why we didn't notice before.

Fabio

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Ok i found the problem... thanks a lot for the info!

Fabio

[Carlos Perelló Marín (carlos)]

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debconf-show xserver-xfree86 output with the package installed

Not sure if you still need this file...

If I remove the package that command returns nothing.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

The logic has a flaw that is important to get fixed for warty.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

downgrading severity. This fix will not be part of warty.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

*** Bug 9101 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Retitling to avoid duplicates

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Waiting our big bosses to bless the upload ;)

Fabio

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Fixed with xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25 upload.