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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
