Patrick Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Howdy, > > I just upgraded from potato to woody. As I expected, it didn't go so > smoothly. Bottom line: X wouldnt start. I went to irc where some guy > (thanks eeyore!) told me to get xserver-xfree86 package. A quick > apt-get and it worked. > > I have to beleive this is the problem most people sending mails > concerning X failures after upgrading to 4.x have. Now I wonder... Why > isnt't this package fetched with the others on a dist-upgrade?
Literally, because no other package says it needs it. It's suggested by xserver-common, but not required in case you want to use an alternative X server. See /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common for more information. If you had used dselect to upgrade, you would have seen the suggestion. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
