Failed Debian X installation
I saw this email address while reading through the logs
generated during a failed X installation, so I include my
/etc/apt/sources.list and relevant portions of the log below:
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deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free
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Setting up isapnptools (1.26-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/isapnp ...
Setting up klogd (1.4.1-10) ...
Stopping kernel log daemon: klogd.
Starting kernel log daemon: klogd.
Setting up sysklogd (1.4.1-10) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/syslog.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/sysklogd ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd ...
Stopping system log daemon: syslogd.
Starting system log daemon: syslogd.
Setting up cpp (2.95.4-9) ...
Setting up cpp-2.95 (2.95.4-1) ...
Setting up gcc (2.95.4-9) ...
Setting up gcc-2.95 (2.95.4-1) ...
Setting up xlibs (4.1.0-13) ...
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Dec 8 2010 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 8 2010 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:05 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:16 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 23 18:24 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link. The package
preinst script should have failed.
Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error
message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>.
dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxaw6:
libxaw6 depends on xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxaw6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlib6g:
xlib6g depends on xlibs; however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
xlib6g depends on libxaw6; however:
Package libxaw6 is not configured yet.
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