Thank you for your reply.
I ran the command from a maximized terminal, and since I'm such a NOOB
with Ubuntu, not *nix, I selected all the defaults like you suggested. I
don't know what it did, if anything.
Thank you again.
Jay...
On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 18:32 +0000, Sense Hofstede wrote:
> The error is in this part:
> Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.3+10ubuntu7) ...
> No protocol specified
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 60.
> dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xorg:
> xorg depends on xserver-xorg; however:
> Package xserver-xorg is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing xorg (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
> ubuntu-desktop depends on xorg; however:
> Package xorg is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>
> The terminal supplied by update-manager(if I'm right) is too small to start
> debconf. This leaves xorg uncofigured and causes dpkg to return an error.
> JayMan, you can solve this probably by typing 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xorg' in a maximized terminal or console. This will give you the
> possibility to configure xserver-xorg, which still needs to be done. If you
> don't know what option to choose, use the default option, the one that is
> already selected.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: xorg => update-manager
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Assignee: Sense Hofstede (qense) => (unassigned)
> Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
>
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package xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205096
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