Hi, Some time ago I installed X.org from debian.linux-systeme.com on my Debian Sid. Yesterday I decided to switch to the X.org, now provided unstable so I lowered the priority of debian.linux-systeme.com in /etc/apt/preferences
I ran dist-upgrade with aptitude, but this failed, giving the following (among others) message: dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `x11-common' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 211653 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using .../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement x11-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package xorg-common >From here on X.org would not configure, as you can see in the full dump included at the end of this mail. I tried fixing the above with apt-get --download-only --reinstall install x11-common but that didn't helo What should I do about this? Andro /* A dump of the output of aptitude dist-upgrade */ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages have been kept back: ca-certificates libgsf-1 The following packages will be upgraded: x11-common 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/979kB of archives. After unpacking 1507kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Reading changelogs... Done Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `x11-common' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. 211653 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 (using .../x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement x11-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package xorg-common dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) usage error: replace_conffile_with_symlink_rollback() called with wrong number of arguments; expected 2, got 1 Please report a bug in the postrm script of the x11-common package, version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 to the Debian Bug Tracking System. Include all messages above that mention the x11-common package. Visit <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting> on the World Wide Web for instructions, read the file /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt from the doc-debian package, or install the reportbug package and use the command of the same name to file a report. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 99 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.8.2.dfsg.1-5_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-common: xserver-common depends on x11-common (>= 6.8.1); however: Package x11-common is not installed. dpkg: error processing xserver-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common (>= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however: Package xserver-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-6: libx11-6 depends on x11-common (>> 4.3.0); however: Package x11-common is not installed. dpkg: error processing libx11-6 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xutils: xutils depends on x11-common (>= 6.8.1); however: Package x11-common is not installed. dpkg: error processing xutils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libx11-dev: libx11-dev depends on libx11-6 (= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however: Package libx11-6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libx11-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxtrap-dev: libxtrap-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxtrap-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xnest: xnest depends on xserver-common; however: Package xserver-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xnest (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmu-dev: libxmu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxmu-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxpm-dev: libxpm-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxpm-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxp-dev: libxp-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxp-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxv-dev: libxv-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxv-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxi-dev: libxi-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxi-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibs: xlibs depends on libx11-6; however: Package libx11-6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xlibs (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxt-dev: libxt-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxt-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-base: xfonts-base depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however: Package xutils is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xfonts-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-scalable: xfonts-scalable depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however: Package xutils is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xfonts-scalable (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-100dpi: xfonts-100dpi depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however: Package xutils is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xfonts-100dpi (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxaw7-dev: libxaw7-dev depends on libxmu-dev; however: Package libxmu-dev is not configured yet. libxaw7-dev depends on libxt-dev; however: Package libxt-dev is not configured yet. libxaw7-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. libxaw7-dev depends on libxpm-dev; however: Package libxpm-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxaw7-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibs-static-dev: xlibs-static-dev depends on libxv-dev; however: Package libxv-dev is not configured yet. xlibs-static-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xlibs-static-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xfonts-75dpi: xfonts-75dpi depends on xutils (>> 4.0.3); however: Package xutils is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xfonts-75dpi (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibmesa-gl-dev: xlibmesa-gl-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xlibmesa-gl-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxmuu-dev: libxmuu-dev depends on libx11-dev; however: Package libx11-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxmuu-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xbase-clients: xbase-clients depends on xlibs; however: Package xlibs is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xlibosmesa-dev: xlibosmesa-dev depends on xlibmesa-gl-dev (= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5); however: Package xlibmesa-gl-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xlibosmesa-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-common xserver-xorg libx11-6 xutils libx11-dev libxtrap-dev xnest libxmu-dev libxpm-dev libxp-dev libxv-dev libxi-dev xlibs libxt-dev xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfonts-100dpi libxaw7-dev xlibs-static-dev xfonts-75dpi xlibmesa-gl-dev libxmuu-dev xbase-clients xlibosmesa-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- Andrey Andreev University of Helsinki Dept. of Computer Science -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
