parse-xf86config error?

["David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu>]

I updated my X packages and ran into a problem: when rebooting xdm would not
start up automatically because there was a "parse-xf86config" error.
I was left at the console prompt and had to type startx, and everything
worked fine.

Below is the error ouput when trying to update the X packages. This is
remarkably similar to the errors I was getting at boot time.

Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks.

Setting up xserver-svga (3.3.6-3) ...
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error.
Please contact the maintainer of this program.
Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35.
Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file? (y/n) [y] 

Checking existing /etc/X11/XF86Config for problems (E = error, W = warning,
A = advisory)...
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:E:34: No argument for field FontPath.
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error.
Please contact the maintainer of this program.
Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35.
dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Setting up xserver-vga16 (3.3.6-3) ...
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error.
Please contact the maintainer of this program.
Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35.
Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file? (y/n) [y]

Checking existing /etc/X11/XF86Config for problems (E = error, W = warning,
A = advisory)...
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:E:34: No argument for field FontPath.
/usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error.
Please contact the maintainer of this program.
Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35.
dpkg: error processing xserver-vga16 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xf86setup:
 xf86setup depends on xserver-vga16 | xserver; however:
  Package xserver-vga16 is not configured yet.
  Package xserver is not installed.
  Package xserver-svga which provides xserver is not configured yet.
  Package xserver-vga16 which provides xserver is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xf86setup (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-svga
 xserver-vga16
 xf86setup
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

-- 
David J. Kanter
djkanter@nwu.edu