Bug#363169: x server will not start without xserver-xorg
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 07:39:50PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.0.14
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> After an apt-get dist-upgrade today, the X server would no longer start.
> Running "startx" gave no output, and when gdm refused to start up it gave
> no error message.
>
> This was apparently solved when I thought to do "apt-get install
> xserver-xorg". I did this just to make sure the package was up-to-date.
> But when I ran it I found that xserver-xorg had not been installed at
> all! After installing it, tthe X server and gdm now seemingly start up
> correctly.
>
> This is probably not a bug in the xserver-xorg package per se. Most likely it is a bug in another package that should, but does not, depend on this package. However I didn't know where else to report it.
What version of X did you have installed before? Did you upgrade from
sarge?
> Also of interest is that when I ran reportbug it reported that my version
> of xserver-xorg was more recent than that in debian. I'm not sure what
> this could mean, except for the possibility that an older version has
> been uploaded since I installed it (mere minutes ago).
What version was installed before?
- David Nusinow
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