Re: xfree86-common package problems in stable
Actually, did an
dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.1.0-16_all.deb
and it replaced all the missing files.. Most of the /etc/X11/Xseesion stuff,
and rgb.txt etc.. The point is one package must have confused the other.. I
would think that looking at the order I did things in, the fact that I
installed xserver-svga first (version 3 stuff), and then later installed the
xbase-common (via xbase-clients) that started the problem..
I have it resolved, just trying to assist in avoiding this occurrence for
others. It has to be an issue with xfree86-common installer that decided for
some reason not to install the configuration files wrongly, in my mind.
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 20:01, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:10:11AM -0800, Michael Peddemors wrote:
> > No, no tricks were performed..
> > Just a standard apt-get installation.. Included is an email that I sent
> > to the debian-kde list, but this problem is an X installation problem.
> > Simply doing 'apt-gets' to the point where I can run startx should at
> > that point have a working Xsession file, in my mind.
> > Glance at the order in which the 'apt-gets' were applied and see if you
> > can see where it might have failed please.
> >
> > and dpkg --configure --force-confnew xfree86-common doesn't work, just
> > reporting that it is already done. (See bottom of Email for included
> > text from email to debian-kde)
>
> --force-confnew and --force-confmiss have no effect with --configure,
> because these force options only impact package unpacking.
>
> You need to dpkg -i (--install) the package in question.
>
> You may also want to ask the debian-user mailing list for help with
> using dpkg.
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