Bug#251690: Problem with preconfiguring xserver-xfree86

[d20freak@tpg.com.au]

Package: xserver-xfree86 
Version: xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386 
 
When I attempt to install xserver-xfree86 with apt-get (exact command:  
"apt-get install xserver-xfree86"), I get the following output: 
 
Preconfiguring packages ... 
xserver-xfree86 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 127 
(Reading database ... 120341 files and directories currently installed.) 
Unpacking xserver-xfree86  
(from .../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb) ... 
dpkg: error  
processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb  
(--unpack): 
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 
Errors were encountered while processing: 
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb 
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 
 
What SHOULD have happened is the successful installation of the package  
xserver-xfree86, and any necessary dependencies, such as x-window-system,  
which had been removed prior to running "apt-get install xserver-xfree86". 
 
A copy of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is included at the end of this document. 
 
Here is the output of "uname -a": Linux odin 2.6.5-1-k7 #2 Fri Apr 30 20:46:35  
EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux 
 
The output of "dpkg -s libc6 | grep ^Version": Version: 2.3.2.ds1-12 
 
At the time of writing, packages.debian.org was down, so I could not use  
reportbug. 
 
If you need any further information, it would be my pleasure to provide you  
with it. 
 
- Jeremy Apthorp 
 
---FILE: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4--- 
 
### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION 
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the 
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. 
# 
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. 
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) 
# 
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make  
changes 
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the 
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. 
# 
# To change things within the debconf section, run the command: 
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 
# as root.  Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated 
# XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. 
 
Section "Files" 
        FontPath        "unix/:7100"                    # local font server 
        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" 
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" 
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" 
EndSection 
 
Section "Module" 
        Load    "bitmap" 
        Load    "dbe" 
        Load    "ddc" 
        Load    "extmod" 
        Load    "freetype" 
        Load    "glx" 
        Load    "int10" 
        Load    "record" 
        Load    "speedo" 
        Load    "type1" 
        Load    "vbe" 
EndSection 
 
Section "InputDevice" 
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard" 
        Driver          "keyboard" 
        Option          "CoreKeyboard" 
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86" 
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104" 
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us" 
EndSection 
 
Section "InputDevice" 
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse" 
        Driver          "mouse" 
        Option          "CorePointer" 
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux" 
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2" 
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true" 
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5" 
EndSection 
 
Section "Device" 
        Identifier      "nVidia GeForce4" 
        Driver          "nvidia" 
EndSection 
 
Section "Monitor" 
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor" 
        HorizSync       30-60 
        VertRefresh     50-75 
        Option          "DPMS" 
EndSection 
 
Section "Screen" 
        Identifier      "Default Screen" 
        Device          "nVidia GeForce4" 
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor" 
        DefaultDepth    24 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           1 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           4 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           8 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           15 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           16 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth           24 
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
        EndSubSection 
EndSection 
 
Section "ServerLayout" 
        Identifier      "Default Layout" 
        Screen          "Default Screen" 
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard" 
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse" 
EndSection 
 
Section "DRI" 
        Mode    0666 
EndSection 
 
### END DEBCONF SECTION