Re: Re: gdm fails after 3.1r2 desktop install
(1) I had used tasksel to do the installation, selecting desktop only.
(2) from apt-get -s -V install x-window-system:
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stdout:
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
x-window-system: Depends: xprt-xprintorg but it is not installable
stderr:
E: Broken packages
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I have done further testing and it turns out that I may have needed
only the X server. Installing xserver-xfree86 got me past my original
problem, which was that gdm could not find a server. Now I'm trying
to figure out why that one crashes, but I've got some ideas.
Thanks!
PH
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John Miller wrote:
Can you run tasksel? That would be a painless way to get all the
packages you need.
The point of apt is to resolve dependencies, though, so if
xprt-xprintorg is really necessary for x-window-system, it should come
along for the ride. If your /etc/apt/sources.list file only has a CD
for its source, though, that could be a problem.
Can you send us the output of 'apt-get install x-window-system' ? That
would be helpful in solving your problem.
--John
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