dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg won't ask for driver

[DusteD]

Hi, I have an odd problem, when running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
It only asks for keyboard settings, after that, it saves xorg, and exits.
It does not ask for which driver i wish to use, or what resolution my screen support.

I find this quite odd, and have trouble finding the reason for it.

[devils casper]

dpkg-reconfigre xserver-xorg command doesn't ask for Graphics driver and Monitor settings in latest version of Debian and Debian based distros. One has to configure those manually by editing xorg.conf file.

[daark.child]

Try changing the priority to low e.g.

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow

[DusteD]

dpkg-reconfigre xserver-xorg command doesn't ask for Graphics driver and Monitor settings in latest version of Debian and Debian based distros. One has to configure those manually by editing xorg.conf file.

Thats an odd development decision. But thank you, good to know
Do you know of an alternative interface ?

Try changing the priority to low e.g.

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow

I'm sorry, that didn't work

[beojan]

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't ask for the driver because it figures this out by itself.

[daark.child]

It seems like the Debian developers have changed the way "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" works. There are many posts in various Ubuntu and Debian forums complaining about this because it doesn't seem like the auto detection always works well.

[devils casper]

It seems like the Debian developers have changed the way "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" works. There are many posts in various Ubuntu and Debian forums complaining about this because it doesn't seem like the auto detection always works well.

Yes, as I mentioned earlier, dpkg-reconfigure doesn't work like earlier in Debian and Debian based distros. Auto detection is also buggy and doesn't use correct driver. Moreover, vesa driver is not a Generic Driver now. It doesn't work with most of most of Graphics Cards.