> Hi > > After having the xorg problem I downgrade the X in this way. > > 1_ Add the next debian snapshot repository to the sources.list: deb > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20110924/ wheezy main > contrib non-free > > 2_ Update the repositories, I got the next error: Release file for > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20110924/dists/wheezy/InRelease > is expired > To avoid it, I had to update the repositories with this > command: aptitude -o 'Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false' update > > 3_ Downgrade xserver-xorg-core telling the version: aptitude install > xserver-xorg-core=2:1.10.4-1. Aptitude will complaint because some > xserver-xorg-input and video will be broken. Tell aptitude to fix the > situation, after some fix proposals you will arrive to a proposal > where Aptitude will downgrade all the dependencies, accept it. > > 4_ Lock the downgrade, in my case: aptitude hold xserver-xorg-core > xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse > xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-vesa > xserver-xorg-video-vmware > > > Regards, > > Alberto > > > Thanks, although by the time I got this I had already picked through my apt log and found the 34 or so files I needed to revert and having those deb's handy just loaded them and pined the result.
The only remaining question is how to know when it is safe to allow xserver to uprade again? Stuart
