Re: broken X after upgrade in etch
On Saturday 03 June 2006 13:25, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> It seems I have solved the problem.
>
> # dpkg --force-overwrite -i
> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.20_amd64.deb
>
> After that the upgrade proceeded fine and everything seems to work now!
>
> # ls -l /usr/X11R6/
> total 4
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2006-06-03 14:10 bin -> ../bin
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-06-03 14:11 lib
>
> Is that fine now? Do I need to erase the lib directory?
In frusration , at 5:00am, of breaking my workstation I did the same,
force the x11-common package. Since then I found this article that
explains it well. Not sure if any corrective action is required.
http://lwn.net/Articles/180598/
--
Greg Madden
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