The motivation for attempting the upgrade is a missing "sis_drv.so" file in the 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 xserver-xorg package. If anyone can explain why this was omitted from the Alpha package, I might feel better about the upgrade pain I'm now contemplating. In particular, if someone knows that a SiS 6326 8MB PCI card won't work in a PWS 433au, please let me know immediately so I won't waste my time trying to make it work.
Summary: there's no clean way to get from Xorg 6.9 to 7.0 on Alpha. The somewhat longer explanation is as follows: x11-common_7.0.20 can't be installed because xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common, which conflicts with x11-common. xserver-xorg_7.0.20 can't be installed because of a pre-dependency on x11-common (>= 7.0.0-0ubuntu3). After examining the problem from several angles, it appears the least risky place to apply force is the xserver-xorg_7.0.20 package using the "dpkg --force-depends -i" crowbar. Comments and/or better ideas would be most welcome. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]