Branden, Sorry for the long delay, I've been on vacation. Here's the output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dih$ ./culprits.sh Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb: drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 3 21:18 /usr drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:13 /usr/X11R6 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Sep 14 17:41 /usr/X11R6/lib drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:47 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 14 17:01 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -> /etc/X11/xkb Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb: drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 20 00:02 /etc drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11/xkb Searching for overlapping packages... no overlaps found. Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 3 21:18 /usr drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:13 /usr/X11R6 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Sep 14 17:41 /usr/X11R6/lib drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:47 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 3 21:25 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults Analyzing /etc/X11/app-defaults: drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 20 00:02 /etc drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11/app-defaults Searching for overlapping packages... no overlaps found. --Mark McCorkle On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 02:08, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 05:47:19PM -0500, Mark McCorkle wrote: > > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This > > package > > cannot be installed until this file is removed. > > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb > > (--unpack): > > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: > > drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc > > drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11 > > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11/xkb > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 270718 Jan 20 2002 > > /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp > > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst > > script should have failed. > > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > > message(s) to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Please save the attached file as "culprits.sh" and run it with the > following command: > > (change directories to wherever you saved the attachment) > > $ sh ./culprits.sh > > Then, please reply to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the output of the > above command. > > (The functionality of the attachment is built-in to more recent versions > of the Debian XFree86 packages.) > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a > Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | test would pass it just fine. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
