Reconfiguration of xserver-xorg package fails on 12.04 LTS with Raring HWE installed
The problem is that when you have installed the LTS hardware enablement stack, you can no longer use the regular xserver-xorg and related packages. This command will certainly fail:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
However, a command similar to this should work:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-lts-raring
However, it can be more complicated than that, and in my case it certainly was!
In order to solve my problem, I had to reappropriate the solution from here: https://askubuntu.com/a/344625/36661
Note that the solution is proposed for a completely unrelated question! However, I want to point out that those same steps can also solve this question. (Mods, please don't confuse the fact that I reappropriated an answer for the questions being duplicates -- the questions are unrelated!)
The solution is in response to this unrelated question:
12.04 - Experiencing major issues on graphic displays - Ask Ubuntu
Experiencing major issues on graphic displays
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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MountainX over 1 year
I am attempting to remove fglrx (proprietary AMD/ATI drivers) and install the radeon open source driver.
I am following the steps here:
RadeonDriver - Community Ubuntu Documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriverX/Troubleshooting/VideoDriverDetection - Ubuntu Wiki
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/VideoDriverDetection#Problem:_Need_to_purge_-fglrxIn particular, I just executed these three steps:
sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx* sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-lts-raring libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-raring libgbm1-lts-raring sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
The output of the last command was:
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xorg is broken or not fully installed
What should I do next?
I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 with the lts-raring hardware enablement stack installed.
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Glutanimate over 10 yearsI think this Q&A should be reopened. This is not a duplicate. The cause for the problems OP is experiencing is a completely different one than in the linked Q&A. While the solution in the other Q&A might work in OP's case, it's overcomplicated and dangerous compared to the answer given below.
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Braiam over 10 yearsWhat is the output of
sudo apt-get check
?
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TiloBunt about 10 yearssudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-lts-saucy for 13.10 stack