Re: Failed Debian X installation

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

Michael O'Donnell(mod@std.com) is reported to have said:
> 
> 
> ...I should also have mentioned that I found another directory
> named app-defaults within /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults (ie.
> an /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults) so I did the
> following and the installation now appears to have completed:
> 
>  mv /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaultsXXX
>  mv /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaultsXXX/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
> 
> ...so it could be the case that some script is trying to create
> the directory in question by saying something like
> 
>    mv .../someStagingDirectory/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
> 
> without checking if something by that name already exists.

Interesting.  On one of my woody boxes with X11:

VT3 root-Deb-Woody:~# dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults not found.
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults not found.

and ls -l says they are both synlinks to /etc/X11/app-defaults
21 Oct 16 13:26 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults
21 Jan 18 21:20 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults
ls -l /etc/X11/app-defaults 2048 Feb 22 12:36 app-defaults

so 
VT3 root-Deb-Woody:~# dpkg -S /etc/X11/app-defaults
xbase-clients, xxgdb, gv, xvncviewer, xfig, ghostview, lesstif-bin,
xcal, ddd, xterm, xkeycaps, xless, ssh-askpass: /etc/X11/app-defaults

and all have different creation dates.  Seems like an upgrade problem
with X11 versions.

Note:  This is a Slink -> Potato -> Woody apt-get dist-upgrade
box, which could account for this.
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