Re: Problem installing xserver

[John Whitley <whitley@cse.Buffalo.EDU>]

I wrote:
 > I cannot seem to get xserver-xfree86 configured on a Powerbook G3
 > (Lombard). [...]
 >
 > The symptoms are that the xserver package hangs when configuring (both
 > 4.0.2-13 and 4.0.3-1), forcing me to manually break (^C) to get back
 > to that prompt.

For the record, the problem turns out to have been with the "mdetect"
mouse autodetection package.  xserver-xfree86 was attempting to use it
during configuration, and hanging.  Once the mdetect package was
removed, installation proceeded smoothly.

-- John