Marty wrote: > How about manually removing the diversion? (man dpkg-divert)
Bingo! Gentlemen, many, many thanks for your help. Regards, Angus $ dpkg-divert --list '*cursor*' diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-base by xfonts-artwiz $ dpkg-divert --remove /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz Removing `diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-base by xfonts-artwiz' $ dpkg-divert --list '*cursor*' $ startx ... /root/.xinitrc: line 1: exec: gnome-session: not found waiting for X server to shut down $ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]