[TriLUG] Tip: Breakage of X caused by aptitude updates

[Ben Pitzer]

Actually, Etch is the latest 'testing' release.  Sid is always the code name
for the unstable release.

-Ben Pitzer

On 6/9/06, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
>
> Oh yes, of course!  Apologies.  I am running Etch, the latest "unstable"
> release.
>
> Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> > Just for clarity/posterity: remind us what OS you're running that gave
> > you this problem? Debian Etch? Sid?
> >
> > On 6/9/06, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> >> Maybe I'm the last one in line to encounter this problem and an
> apparent
> >> working solution, but I thought I'd post this for posterity (and give
> >> smarter, wiser folks the opportunity to say "YOU MORON!  What were you
> >> thinking?!")
> >>
> >> So.  Latest wave of updates to x11, particularly xorg, come with a
> >> warning saying something along the lines of "Some users have reported
> >> this breaks X completely!"  Well, now I'm one of the affected.  I found
> >> that issuing the following dpkg command will get the chink out of the
> >> way that keeps all of the rest of X from updating / installing
> correctly:
> >>
> >> % dpkg --install --force-configure-any --force-overwrite
> >>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common-_version-stuff-just-use-tab-complete_.deb
> >>
> >>
> >> Seemingly, without the force-configure-any, x11-common dies,
> complaining
> >> that /usr/include/X11 is missing, and without --force-overwrite (in my
> >> case at least) complains about overwriting a
> >> /usr/X11/bin/somethingorother that's also part of Motif.
> >>
> >> With x11-common taken care of, all the other myriad x11 / xorg packages
> >> click into place via pressing "g" in aptitude.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps somebody, or helps me if it happens again!  ha.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> ~Brian
> >>
> >>
> >>
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