Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue (http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal mistake,It's a stab-in-the-dark, but I'd try using aptitude rather than apt-get to remove/reinstall X; perhaps that'll get you a little farther along.
-- Kent