On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 09:43:22AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Best I can tell, the errors in the log were issued by wdm. They were > unhelpful errors about not being able to open for read files like > /root/GNUstep/Defaults/WMGLOBAL. > > My path of discovery was to try to use startx and see if there was a > configuration problem, but startx is provided by xbase-clients, and was > not found on my just-upgraded system. Installing xbase-clients fixed the > problem...
If removing xbase-clients causes the problem to happen again, it should be easy to track down which package needs the dependency. > > > My current question is: How much of this is going to be fixed in the final > > > release, and how much should I discuss in my book? > > > > All of this should be fixed. Filing bugs is a good step down that path. > > Not according to the X maintainer ;-) > > He says I just need to correct my ignorance... I think that he was objecting to your proposed solutions, but the issues should still be corrected so that the upgrade happens smoothly. -- - mdz
