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Re: [PLUG] broken X server
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Thanks Jeff, that's exactly what it was (upgrade to Xorg).
What a pain. Everything's sorted out now.
S/
Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> Sounds like you upgraded to X.org from XFree86. Run "dpkg-reconfigure
> xorg-server" a couple times, fiddling with options until you get it
> right. It's a pain. I just did this on a second machine yesterday.
> Sadly, the upgrade from XFree is not in the least error-free. But
> once it's configured again, it seems fine.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 12:16:56PM -0400, Shameel Arafin wrote:
>> [76 lines, 314 words, 2299 characters] Top characters: -eroa_ni
>>
>> Haha, thanks Dave! (Nice use of 'use the force' ;) )
>>
>> I came across --force-overwrite on some other forum, tried it, and resolved
>> my issue.
>>
>> Everything got installed, but my xorg.conf is having issues now --
>> apparently X cannot find, of all things, a mouse driver. I should be able to
>> sort that out, but if not, I might have to post again.
>>
>> Thanks again Dave.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> S/
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/26/06, David A. Harding <harda@gnuisance.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:49:52PM -0400, Shameel Arafin wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Unpacking xcursor-themes (from .../xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb) ...
>>>> dpkg: error processing
>>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb (--unpack):
>>>> trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/cursors/core.theme', which is also in
>>>> package xlibs-data
>>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb
>>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>>>
>>>> Not too sure about how to resolve this. Any ideas?
>>> First, try running `apt-get -f install' a few more times. Sometimes it
>>> resolves things in stages.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work, you can use dpkg to override this error. Try the
>>> command below.
>>>
>>> dpkg --force-overwrite \
>>> --install /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb
>>>
>>> If that command is successful, re-run `apt-get -f -install' until all
>>> errors are resolved.
>>>
>>> See also:
>>> man 1 dpkg ## search for ``force-things''
>>> dpkg --force-help
>>>
>>> Use the force, Shameel! :-)
>>>
>>> -Dave
>>> --
>>>
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