Except for a few font problems, the xorg upgrade (from 6.9 to 7) seemed to work. During the upgrade, there were a few package problems, easily resolved using aptitude's suggestions. First it wanted to install an xfree86 package to fix things, but the second alternative was xfs, which I chose. Was that wrong?
Now I cannot get gnucash to work (mission-critical problem), and both emacs and xemacs give me empty boxes for characters (workaround found). **** The gnucash problem is critical. I really *need* it fixed, and soon. I would have delayed the entire upgrade had I even *suspected* there would be this kind of trouble. gnucash complains: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnucash Warning: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Warning: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnucash --version GnuCash 1.8.10 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ What package contains these fonts? **** emacs has a workaround; I can start it by DISPLAY=; emacs and it gives me a working text-mode emacs. What package is missing? **** Possibly relevant message copied down from screen in bad handwriting during upgrade: Warning: unable to delete old directory /etc/X11/fonts/misc **** Possibly relevant message copied down from screen in bad handwriting during upgrade: Setting up ttf-thryomanes (1.2-2) Installing new version of config file /etc/defoma/hints/ttf-thryomanes.hints ... Regenerating /etc/vfontcap... done Use of uninitialized value in print at /var/lib/defoma/scripts/gs.defoma line 108 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]