Rehi! Replying to my own post. Here's what I tried:
I "apt-get remove"d fluxbox. That worked without any problems. I commented out "set -e" in the "/var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.prerm" script, since I guessed it might be the culprit. Reran "apt-get remove gdm" ==> same problem (hung after printing "Removing gdm"). I then added "set -x" to the "/var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.prerm" script. Finally I tried "apt-get remove gdm" again. The last few lines of what's executed by the gdm.prerm script follow: + local _LINE + read -r _LINE + RET=gdm + return 0 + '[' gdm = gdm ']' + '[' -e ']' + db_get gdm/daemon_name + echo 'GET gdm/daemon_name' + local 'IFS= ' + local _LINE + read -r _LINE + RET=/usr/bin/gdm + return 0 ++ cat My guess is that the script is waiting for input (indicated by the line containing the cat command). Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with prerm scripts so I don't know what the script is looking for. Any ideas? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Greetings, Holger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]