dexconf not working as documented.

[DAP]

Binary package hint: xorg

I attempted to create a default xorg.conf file by running "sudo dexconf".
This ran with no messages, did not create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file like it is supposed to, and it returned an error code of 10.
"man dexconf" implies that the only possible return codes are 0 and 1.

Sequence of events:

$ sudo dexconf
$ echo $?
10
$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
ls: cannot access /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
$

I also tried "sudo dexconf -o test.conf" with the same results: no file created and a return code of 10.

Oddly when I did not use sudo I did get an error message: "debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied"

Extra info requested:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 4f08ac62e89ad166a1e0b05f95495253
CheckboxSystem: fd6c484c0b5d20a2f1cd036ef0f63975
DRM.card0.DIN.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Mon Feb 28 21:42:42 2011
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=b5a554b5-92df-4492-abbf-290fd809d2c0 ro xforcevesa quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 09/02/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1701
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T DELUXE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1701:bd09/02/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDELUXE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey DAP,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[DAP (akadap)]

Both dexconf and its man page have been removed from 11.04. I think what happened is that dexconf was intentionally disabled, because it was obsolete, but nobody bothered to update the man page in 10.10.
In any case, dexconf is no longer present on my machine.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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