Re: Squeeze 6.0.3 -> 6.0.4 broke my Xorg

On 30/01/12 21:35, Alex Hutton wrote:
Hi,

I'm running a dual monitor setup with fglrx.

I have upgraded from Squeeze 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 and after reboot I only
have a one monitor desktop.

I am wondering if anyone could tell me where my old xorg.conf went to?

No idea - did you create one? Or are you just assuming you had one, and
now that your dual monitor setup is no longer working, assuming the
point release broke it?

Did you not make a backup?

I've run the latest point release on half a dozen Squeeze boxen running
KDE or Fluxbox - all use an xorg.conf, none had any problems.

I've never had a point release eat a file (in decades) - and every time
a config file is modified I've been prompted to chose which version to keep.

Relevant parts to the updates common to all my boxen updated so far:-
The following packages will be upgraded:
x11-common xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all

I stepped through one of the updates and can't work out how your
xorg.conf could possibly have been affected.

I suggest you try restarting your xserver (or rebooting).


And is there a way to configure apt so that upgrades stop clobbering
my xorg.conf?

Why - seems like developing a strategy for dealing with an invasion of
little green men? ;-p

A. no-one else has reported the problem - seems unlikely the point
release picked on you alone.
B. $ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/


Cheers,
Alex



Now would be a good time to consider a backup policy. :-)


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