| Stephen Gran on 19 Jan 2006 23:24:50 -0000 |
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:11:30PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson said: > I'm trying to configure X on a Debian testing box with a new monitor. > I've tried xdebconfigurator, but it wants detect which I can't figure > out how to install. > > $ apt-file -i search bin/detect > $ > > Meanwhile, xf86config is supposed to be in xbase-clients according to > apt-file, but dpkg -L says no. And xf86setup doesn't exist at all, > says apt-file. > > Anyone know how this is supposed to work in the Debian world these > days? Or what I'm doing wrong? X --configure > XF86Config.test is usually my first bet these days. You can also use get-edid | parse-edid from the read-edid package (I may have swapped get-edid and read-edid, I can never remember which is the binary and which is the package, but apt-cache search will tell you whatever I've mixed up). Take care, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | "We'll look into it": By the time the | | steve@lobefin.net | wheels make a full turn, we assume you | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | will have forgotten about it, too. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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