> The xserver packages want to setup x, this gets stuck because xinitrc is > missing because it is part of xbase - which is not installed at that
Hmm. Yeah, I think I've probably always won because I use dpkg from the shell, and with globbing get everything in alphabetical order :-) The problem here is that the server packages don't need the X packages; only the configuration tools do. Would it be enough if the X server packages "suggest" xbase? That way normal users would get them, but people who really knew that they wanted to make a machine into an xterminal can just ignore the "suggestion". > The fix is very simple: ctrl-alt-F1; log in as root; shadowconfig off; > return to x and log in normally. But you do have to know this.. and there Or even, "shadowconfig off; shadowconfig on" -- I'm told that shadowconfig does the right thing with xdm *if* X is already installed... _Mark_ [9:30pm US/Eastern, still no 3.3 release...] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .