Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg
On Monday 25 September 2006 14:50, Adam Porter wrote:
> David Goodenough wrote:
> > I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but
> > the hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux
> > on it with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to
> > upgrade it to
> > work on this new machine. I got rid of the old XFree86 code (I think I
> > got
> > rid of all of it)
>
> You say it had Linux on it; was that Debian or something else?
>
> If it was Debian, what version?
>
> If it was newer than Woody, try $(apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg),
> then reinstall it.
>
> If it was Woody or older, or not Debian, then I recommend you wipe it and
> install Debian from scratch.
Well I managed to get the CD working, and I started from scratch and got
exactly the same answer. It looks to me as though a question that is of
too low a priority has no default value and that is causing the problem.
But I have no idea how to find out which question is failing.
So I am going to go back to testing, and then try to upgrade from that.
David
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