"Phillip" == Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MAS> I just upgraded all the X packages to 4+ versions in unstable, and now MAS> my X server won't run.
Phillip> When I did 'apt-get -u dist-upgrade' I noticed that Phillip> task-x-window-system-core was maked as held back. After the Phillip> upgrade I still had my v3.3.6 servers on the system. I did Phillip> 'apt-get install task-x-window-system-core' and the final Phillip> part of the new X install was carried out. After that Phillip> everything ran fine. It looked like it needed a two stage Phillip> upgrade. Okay, it appears to be working now. What I did was: 1. `apt-get install task-x-window-system-core' 2. Manually edit /etc/X11/Xserver to refer to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. 3. Run `xf86config' to generate a new valid config file. 4. Copy a ModeLine directive from my old XF86Config file. Of these, 1, 3, and 4 could be better documented, and 2 shouldn't be necessary at all, since I did tell it when installing to make itself the default X server. Of course I could have screwed up somewhere else. And now Emacs can display italics in the standard font! Woo-hoo! \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 The lottery is just a tax on people who are bad at math.
