Bug#231569: marked as done (xfree86-common: dangling symlink to rgb.txt)
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From: Jon Dowland <jon@dowland.name>
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Subject: xfree86-common: dangling symlink to rgb.txt
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Package: xfree86-common
Version: 4.2.1-16
Severity: normal
I have installed xfree86-common as part of the dependencies for
vncserver. This machine does not run a local X server.
Attempting to start the terminal emulator 'rxvt' fails for me with the
error:
rxvt: can't load color "Black"
rxvt: can't load color "Black"
rxvt: aborting
On investigation I notice that
$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
... 16 2004-02-07 13:28 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt -> /etc/X11/rgb.txt
$ ls -l /etc/X11/rgb.txt
ls: /etc/X11/rgb.txt: No such file or directory
and
$ dpkg -S rgb.txt
xfree86-common: /etc/X11/rgb.txt
xfree86-common: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
I believe this could be related to the problem. I do not know if rgb.txt
should be in the package xfree86-common, but I do believe that this
dangling symlink should not result from normal package installation.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.2.21
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
Versions of packages xfree86-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.6.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
-- debconf information:
xfree86-common/experimental_packages:
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#231569: xfree86-common: dangling symlink to rgb.txt
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 07:23:18PM +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 03:40:22PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Well, the file /etc/X11/rgb.txt was part of the package payload
> > according to dpkg, so the file should exist, unless you removed it
> > yourself. Because files in /etc that are shipped by packages are
> > "conffiles", dpkg will treat them specially, and attempt to preserve
> > your local modifications.
> >=20
> > This includes file deletion.
> >=20
> > Please try reinstalling xfree86-common with "dpkg -i --force-confmiss",
> > and please let me know if this resolves the problem.
>=20
> Dear Branden,
>=20
> This has indeed solved the problem.
>=20
> Thank you for your detailed and somewhat patient response :-)
Glad I could be of service.
Closing per submitter.
--=20
G. Branden Robinson | I suspect Linus wrote that in a
Debian GNU/Linux | complicated way only to be able to
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http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lars Wirzenius
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