Bug#337221: xserver-xorg: undefined colors render important apps unusable

[TR <tony@the-sphere.org>]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:49:16PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 10:45:42AM -0500, David Nusinow wrote:
> > You *really* need to install x11-common, just like I told you the first
> > time you asked us this question. I don't know why it wasn't installed for
> > you, since it seems to have worked fine for everyone else. I assume that
> > your libx11 wasn't upgraded either, since it depends on x11-common, but I
> > have no idea why. 
> 
> No, xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common (>= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-*), which
> depends on x11-common.  The problem is probably that both xfree86-common and
> x11-common own the /etc/X11/rgb.txt conffile.  So, if the user purged
> xfree86-common (which he shouldn't have done)... poof.
>

well, i removed the link
ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb
ls: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb: No such file or directory

then did
dpkg --force-confmiss  -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb
and
hpd:/home/trc# dpkg --force-confmiss  -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_all.deb
(Reading database ... 232159 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 (using
.../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
Setting up x11-common (6.8.2.dfsg.1-10) ...

Configuration file `/etc/X11/rgb.txt', does not exist on system.
Installing new config file as you request.
 System startup links for /etc/init.d/x11-common already exist.
 Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done.
 Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix...done.

 which looks good so far, then

trc@hpd:~$ emacs21
Undefined color: "black"
trc@hpd:~$ emacs21
Undefined color: "black"

so, i'm postponing this, logging out and back again.
Back: After fixing some settings in .Xresources everything is
working!!!!

Thanks guys.