Re: Broken xserver-xorg in Sid

[Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 08:38:21PM -0300, cass iano wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am running Debian Sid for a while now, and have never had any 
> troubles. Turns out that I have just upgraded the whole of it, and 
> xserver-xorg 7.1.0-18 fails to set up.
> 
> I had 7.1.0-17 working flawlessly until now, but I'm afraid that I am 
> going to be X-less for a while now, since I cannot install -17 or -16 
> for that matter.
> 
> What happens is that aptitude, apt-get or dpkg just hang on 'Setting up 
> xserver-xorg (7.1.0-18) ...' and will just go on if I hit Control-C, 
> which obviously just aborts the set up and leaves a broken package.
> 
> How can I try to trace the error, file a bug report (if it's the case), etc?
> 
> I would really appreciate any help on this matter, beginning with how to 
> find out what has hung the setup and how to fix it.
> 
> Thanks
> Cassiano Leal
> 

Have you tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg?

If that fails remove it from /var/cache/apt/archives
(xserver-xorg-7.1.0-18.deb would be my guess) and try installing it with
APT.