Bug#365755: further info
with regard to the complaint about /etc/X11/X, I compared with another
system. on the other one it was a relative symlink, on the current
system with the error it was absolute. so i recreated it as relative,
identical to other system, but this complaint still occurs.
also, it is true that /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum did not exist, so i
created it with "md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum" and now at least it stops complaining about that. here is the new error output:
Preconfiguring packages ...
xserver-xorg failed to preconfigure, with exit status 10
(Reading database ... 150349 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xserver-xorg 1:7.0.14 (using
.../xserver-xorg_1%3a7.0.15_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_1%3a7.0.15_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10
xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
customized
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_1%3a7.0.15_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
this time also it went through the debconf setup dialog for X
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