On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:49:16PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 10:45:42AM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > You *really* need to install x11-common, just like I told you the first > > time you asked us this question. I don't know why it wasn't installed for > > you, since it seems to have worked fine for everyone else. I assume that > > your libx11 wasn't upgraded either, since it depends on x11-common, but I > > have no idea why. > > No, xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common (>= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-*), which > depends on x11-common. The problem is probably that both xfree86-common and > x11-common own the /etc/X11/rgb.txt conffile. So, if the user purged > xfree86-common (which he shouldn't have done)... poof. >
well, i removed the link ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ls: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb: No such file or directory then did dpkg --force-confmiss -i /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb and hpd:/home/trc# dpkg --force-confmiss -i /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_all.deb (Reading database ... 232159 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 (using .../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-10_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement x11-common ... Setting up x11-common (6.8.2.dfsg.1-10) ... Configuration file `/etc/X11/rgb.txt', does not exist on system. Installing new config file as you request. System startup links for /etc/init.d/x11-common already exist. Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done. Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix...done. which looks good so far, then [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emacs21 Undefined color: "black" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emacs21 Undefined color: "black" so, i'm postponing this, logging out and back again. Back: After fixing some settings in .Xresources everything is working!!!! Thanks guys. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
