Is this of any help? cheers Stephan -----------------------
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-14_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: drwxr-xr-x 79 root root 4096 Feb 28 16:06 /etc drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 28 16:05 /etc/X11 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Feb 28 16:05 /etc/X11/xkb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 270718 Jan 20 16:06 /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 <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. 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_4.1.0-14_i386.deb
