On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:17:50PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:49:16PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 10:45:42AM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > > You *really* need to install x11-common, just like I told you the first > > > time you asked us this question. I don't know why it wasn't installed for > > > you, since it seems to have worked fine for everyone else. I assume that > > > your libx11 wasn't upgraded either, since it depends on x11-common, but I > > > have no idea why. > > > > No, xserver-xorg depends on xserver-common (>= 6.8.2.dfsg.1-*), which > > depends on x11-common. The problem is probably that both xfree86-common and > > x11-common own the /etc/X11/rgb.txt conffile. So, if the user purged > > xfree86-common (which he shouldn't have done)... poof. > > This shouldn't matter. libx11-6 does depend on x11-common, and no version > of x11-common exists in sarge. If he went whole-hog to sid, then he should > have the xorg libx11-6. > > I'm guessing that he tried to upgrade during the broken x11-common period > (which was totally my fault and caused by my hastiness to get 6.9/7.0 > ready). Upgrades to sid with the -10 packages should work just fine now I > imagine, aside from the annoying repeat-debconf question bug that's more > annoying than crippling. If he installs the x11-common now, it should fix > this, but I'd like to get some confirmation before actually closing this > bug. > > - David Nusinow
I am sorry for not answering earlier, had to go out for a while. Unfortunately, installing, reinstalling several times the packages has not fixed the problem. In my system, after several reinstallations, the status is as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -s xserver-xorg libx11-6 x11-common | grep Status Status: install ok installed Status: install ok installed Status: install ok installed [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -s xserver-xorg libx11-6 x11-common | grep Version Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 Version 11", "X11", "X11R6", and "X11R6.8". The version of X used in Debian and yet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emacs21 Undefined color: "black" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which is driving me crazy, since I use emacs for almost everything. Thank you guys for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]