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[Daniel Stone]

On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:28:50AM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
> >On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:54:19AM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> >>perhaps an error in the install/upgrade to 6.9.
> >>a thorough uninstall/reinstall of the packages might help.
> >>How thorougly do the Debian folks test their upgrade scripts?
> >
> >We do not have upgrade scripts.  The package management is solid: if
> >xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 is installed, then xserver-xorg
> >6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 is installed.  There's no halfway.
>
> that sounds great. Now let's address Jaap van Wingerde's broken machine.
> He reports that he installed  xorg-x11 (6.9.0.dfsg.1-3), not "1-5" which 
> you refer to.
> 
> So, we need to hear back from him whether the install complained,
> attaching install log files, and suggest to him to try the 1-5 kit if it 
> is better.

Forget I ever said .1-5; it was a thinko.  If dpkg reports .1-3 being
installed, then .1-3 is installed.

> Can you suggest anything else I missed so that he might try to get his 
> system to run?

I'd suggest that he's posted up an old Xorg.0.log (he mentioned posting
Xorg.0.log.old), and that he should try posting a current one?