Try purging the package and then reinstalling it, removing does just like you say, it doesnt delete the configuration files but purging does, try dpkg --purge xserver-xorg
Or you can allso try out apt-get -f ... the -f switch is --fix-broken (it is usually used to fix broken dependencies but just perhaps it can help you here). Oli Þann 2006-03-05, 23:44:01 (+0100) skrifaði Tore Ericsson: > I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system > reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error. > > Background > ========== > Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted > Synaptic update of xserver-xorg by running "dpkg-reconfigure -a" instead of > "dpkg --configure -a" (as adviced; yes, by now I know, I'm learning much > though still a newbie). > > Effect > ====== > My Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 (testing) is virtually impossible to > upgrade any more since some of the system scripts that should take part > seem to be corrupted or replaced with something unexpected and useless. The > nearly complete xserver-xorg configuration may not be modified in any > normal way (e.g. neither dpkg nor aptitude), and the sytem status > effectively prevents ANY installation/upgrading of any software with any > Debian tool. The only exception I know is package removal and reinstallation > using dpkg, where the configuration (I suppose) will be reused (in spite of > error messages, like those seen in the documentation below). > > System functionality > ==================== > Fortunately, the system functions OK so far and runs KDE, virtually without > any malfunction. This is true even after a lot of attempts to modify > xserver-xorg and related packages. The only thing that had to be done was > reinstalltion of the Nvidia display driver, which is carried out by other > means. > > Documentation > ============= > See output from "dpkg -i" in Appendix 1 below. It says a lot (to begin > with, the serious warning concerning linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 may probably > be taken as a separate problem since nothing is installed and should be > possible to resolve after upgrading has been made possible). The > significant information is probably what's concerning xserver-xorg (except > the "not updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf" since it has really been modified by > me much earlier. > > The recommendation to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" is not fruitful, > since such a reconfiguration is not possible: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xorg is broken or not fully installed > DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout' during > global destruction. > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined > symbol: _ZN18QMetaObjectCleanUpD1Ev > > Another anomaly is that virtually any use of dpkg-reconfigure is > impossible. This example is "dpkg-reconfigure am-utils": > (1) from a console: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg-reconfigure am-utils > dpkg-reconfigure: cannot connect to X server # no dialog, nothing done > (2) from gui terminal: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg-reconfigure am-utils # normal configuration dialog > Stopping automounter: amd . done. > Starting automounter: amd. > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined > symbol: _ZN18QMetaObjectCleanUpD1Ev > > The "cannot connect to X server" shows up regularly. Any attempt to > remove and/or reinstall xserver-xorg (after pre-removal of > x-window-system-core due to dependency) ends up like(1). I haven't dared to > try it in gui mode. > > Appendix 1 > ========== > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i > xserver-xorg_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package > `linux-image-2.6.15-1-686' missing, assuming package has no files currently > installed. > 124552 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 (using > xserver-xorg_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb) ... > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined > symbol: _ZN18QMetaObjectCleanUpD1Ev > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined > symbol: _ZN18QMetaObjectCleanUpD1Ev > dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb (--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 > Use of uninitialized value in join or string at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 13. > xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; no default X server > configured; run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to correct this > xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/xorg.conf; file has > been customized > System startup links for /etc/init.d/xserver-xorg already exist. > Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN6> line 1. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN6> line 1. > /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined > symbol: _ZN18QMetaObjectCleanUpD1Ev > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 > Errors were encountered while processing: > xserver-xorg_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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