Bug#333011: xserver-xorg will not upgrade

[David Creelman <creelman@optusnet.com.au>]

Package:xserver-xorg

When I do  
	apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade

I get the following errors

Preconfiguring packages ...
auto_answer() resetting template xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card
auto_answer() resetting template xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
learn/local.conf/update-machine.sh: line 6:  6452 Aborted
apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing -f
[09:00 0.85]
[gauss 2] ~ > Errors were encountered while processing:
 xserver-xorg

Not only can I not update xserver, I can't update anything else !!!

Help!!!

Debian unstable kernel 2.6.12, k7.

Regards
David

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David Creelman
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