Bug#362524: missing conflict on xearth
On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 03:59:10PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> After an upgrade to xorg 1:7.0.12, I was left with one file in
> /usr/X11R6/bin: xearth. I subsequently discovered that xearth is
> "non-free". Possibly you missed all the non-free package conflicts?
>
>
> So I removed xearth, and /usr/X11R6/bin went away. X wouldn't start
> because nothing could now be found in /usr/X11R6/bin. Kdm's config,
> for example, contains the line
>
> ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br
>
> but it isn't the only one.
>
> I ran "dpkg-reconfigure xorg", thinking it would install the symlink.
> It didn't; I had to do so by hand. For the record: what is the proper
> way to recover after cleaning out /usr/X11R6/bin?
First off thanks for the note about xearth. I've added the conflict line.
The x11-common package provides a symlink from /usr/X11R6/bin to /usr/bin.
This should handle your kdm problem. The package probably isn't fully
installed on your system due to a bug or two that will be fixed pending
another upload. Thanks for your report and your patience.
- David Nusinow
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