Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:17:54PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > >> > >Hi all, > >I used dpkg -X xserver-xfree86 to install the files for X to run BUT > >xserver-xfree86 is still not in the status database. It exits with a > >error #64. And I can not install x-window-system and

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-08 Thread Kent West
Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 11:12:12PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:04:04PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: Hmm, I just did an "apt-cache search xserver-xfree86" and didn't see any packages that match the deb name you use above. Perhap

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-08 Thread Kent West
Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:04:04PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:54:53PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error which I tried to fix. After var

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 11:12:12PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:04:04PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > > Hmm, I just did an "apt-cache search xserver-xfree86" and didn't see any > > packages that match the deb name you use above. Perhaps you're pulli

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:04:04PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > >On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:54:53PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > > > >>Kevin Mark wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi list, > >>>after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error > >>>which I tri

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-07 Thread Kent West
Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:54:53PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: Hi list, after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error which I tried to fix. After various attempts, I made things worse and now I can not install xserver-xfree86. This

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:54:53PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > >Hi list, > >after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error > >which I tried to fix. After various attempts, I made things worse and > >now I can not install xserver-xfree86. > >This is the i

Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

2004-05-06 Thread Kent West
Kevin Mark wrote: Hi list, after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error which I tried to fix. After various attempts, I made things worse and now I can not install xserver-xfree86. This is the installation messages: -- apt-get install x