Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread Seth Arnold
* SPENER Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 07:08]: > dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source > http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d > /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending Any reason why you reversed the order of the ln -sf

Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread SPENER Christian
try: dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending works for me --- SPENER Christian e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snail-mail: A-8010 GRAZ, Schanzelgasse 19 tel

Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread djw
Seth, I ran into this problem. As a workaround,I linked /usr/X11R/bin/X to that one specified in the error message. Then, I edited /etc/X11/Xserver to be "Anybody" instead of "console." This is grossly insecure. Has anyone else have this problem? On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Seth Arnold wrote: |Brande

Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread Seth Arnold
* SPENER Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 07:08]: > dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source > http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d > /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending Any reason why you reversed the order of the ln -s

Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread SPENER Christian
try: dpkg --unpack xserver-xfree86_4.0.1-6_i386.deb && lynx -source http://togo.dhs.org/debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst.diff | patch -p0 -d /var/lib/dpkg/info && dpkg --configure --pending works for me --- SPENER Christian e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snail-mail: A-8010 GRAZ, Schanzelgasse 19 te

Re: xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread djw
Seth, I ran into this problem. As a workaround,I linked /usr/X11R/bin/X to that one specified in the error message. Then, I edited /etc/X11/Xserver to be "Anybody" instead of "console." This is grossly insecure. Has anyone else have this problem? On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Seth Arnold wrote: |Brand

xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread Seth Arnold
Branden, my roommate is having trouble with the 4.0.1-6 upgrade. He started out with a previous 4.0.1-x release, likely -3, -4 or -5. The error message returned is that the postinst failed. We have received two different error messages -- exit status 1 and exit status 5. Running startx as a user g

xserver-xfree86 postinst fails in 4.0.1-6

2000-11-21 Thread Seth Arnold
Branden, my roommate is having trouble with the 4.0.1-6 upgrade. He started out with a previous 4.0.1-x release, likely -3, -4 or -5. The error message returned is that the postinst failed. We have received two different error messages -- exit status 1 and exit status 5. Running startx as a user