On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 08:55:12PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > quote from dselect output: > > Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-11 (using .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-13_i386.deb) ... > Warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit symbolic link points to the wrong place. > Removing. > Warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xsm symbolic link points to the wrong place. > Removing. > Warning: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link points to the wrong place. > Removing. > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This package > cannot be installed until this file is removed. > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-13_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 12 23:30 /usr > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Dec 18 14:30 /usr/X11R6 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 8192 Jan 18 20:10 /usr/X11R6/lib > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 18 20:10 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: nonexistent > ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit symbolic link does not exist. Either the > package didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg failed to > unpack it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg). > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Your system is in a very strange state given that it's upgrading from 4.1.0-11. Have you recently installed XFree86 from a non-Debian-package source? Say, by compiling your own from source and doing a "make install"? -- G. Branden Robinson | We either learn from history or, Debian GNU/Linux | uh, well, something bad will branden@debian.org | happen. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Bob Church
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