I'm not sure how useful this will be :( since I ended up uninstalling xterm as part of my fix (although that didn't help, since once I did I got an error on tetex-base).
heidi:~# dpkg -s xterm Package: xterm Status: deinstall ok config-files Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 580 Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: xfree86-1 Version: 3.3.6-11potato32 Config-Version: 3.3.6-11potato32 Replaces: xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2) Provides: x-terminal-emulator Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libncurses5, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4) Conflicts: xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2) Conffiles: /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm 972de5f944e4e74a6ea71e77fb0e8446 Description: X terminal emulator xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly. This version implements ISO/ANSI colors and most of the control sequences used by DEC VT220 terminals. -- Here's the results from when i tried to fix it by removing xterm: heidi:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 38923 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-13 (using xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package xterm Errors were encountered while processing: xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb heidi:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb heidi:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -r xterm (Reading database ... 38921 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xterm ... heidi:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 38899 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-13 (using xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package tetex-base Errors were encountered while processing: xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb -- And what I did that finally fixed the problem (although I'm still somewhat confused as to how): [attached - it turns out it's a bit long. It's my scren buffer and there's some stuff that goes further back then the buffer - should have used script... in case the list drops the attachment you can get to it at http://www.cosby.dhs.org/~michael/debian-x/fix_log.txt] But basically I did a dpkg --force-overwrite, which gave me depedancy problems that were easy to fix w/apt-get. The interesting this is that the fact that the directory needed overwriting was all based on dpkg's knowledge, not the actual state of affairs since dpkg (possibly apt-get, but I'm pretty sure it was dpkg from apt-get) moved the directory out of the way when it first encountered it! When I looked in the directory I had this directory, and no app-defaults directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults.moved-by-preinst/ Unfortuantely (well, probably fortunately for me) that's all been cleaned up now so I can't give you an ls. - Michael On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:28:48PM -0500, Michael P. Cosby wrote: > > got a message to send this to this e-mail address, so like any > > good human i'm doing what I'm told :-) I know my system state is > > a bit weird since I don't update as often as I should. Anyway, > > if this helps then here it is: > [...] > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-12.1_i386.deb > > (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package > > xterm > > Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: > > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Mar 27 2001 /usr > > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6 > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6/lib > > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 27 15:11 > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults > > ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults 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 > > Can you tell us what version of xterm you have installed? > > $ dpkg -s xterm > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | There's no trick to being a > Debian GNU/Linux | humorist when you have the whole > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | government working for you. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Will Rogers > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
