Bug#363169: x server will not start without xserver-xorg

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@users.sf.net>]

David Nusinow wrote:
> 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?

I originally installed debian testing on my machine a year ago, and 
upgraded it to unstable then.  I have been running unstable since.

> > 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?

How can I find out?

-jason