Bug#363169: x server will not start without xserver-xorg
retitle 363169 xserver-xorg gets removed by x11-common rather than upgraded
thanks
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:36:30PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> 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?
Ok, I think I know what went wrong. x11-common conflicted with the
xserver-xorg version you had installed, and this caused it to be removed
and not reinstalled on upgrade even though the new version was available in
the archive for installation. We need a way to ensure that it gets
installed afterwards...
- David Nusinow
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