I updated my X packages and ran into a problem: when rebooting xdm would not start up automatically because there was a "parse-xf86config" error. I was left at the console prompt and had to type startx, and everything worked fine.
Below is the error ouput when trying to update the X packages. This is remarkably similar to the errors I was getting at boot time. Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks. Setting up xserver-svga (3.3.6-3) ... /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error. Please contact the maintainer of this program. Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35. Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file? (y/n) [y] Checking existing /etc/X11/XF86Config for problems (E = error, W = warning, A = advisory)... /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:E:34: No argument for field FontPath. /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error. Please contact the maintainer of this program. Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35. dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Setting up xserver-vga16 (3.3.6-3) ... /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error. Please contact the maintainer of this program. Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35. Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file? (y/n) [y] Checking existing /etc/X11/XF86Config for problems (E = error, W = warning, A = advisory)... /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:E:34: No argument for field FontPath. /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config:D:35: Impossible parser error. Please contact the maintainer of this program. Stopped at /usr/sbin/parse-xf86config line 1565, <INPUT> chunk 35. dpkg: error processing xserver-vga16 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xf86setup: xf86setup depends on xserver-vga16 | xserver; however: Package xserver-vga16 is not configured yet. Package xserver is not installed. Package xserver-svga which provides xserver is not configured yet. Package xserver-vga16 which provides xserver is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xf86setup (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-svga xserver-vga16 xf86setup E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- David J. Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
