On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 10:35:01PM +0200, vester wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered: > > > [...] > > > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist > > > dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): > > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > > [...] > > > > > > it works fine if i first touch /etc/init.d/gdm only that doesn't do the > > > job obviously because it doesn't recreate /etc/init.d/gdm --how can i get > > > that file back??? > > > > > Ahha! The fun of removing init scripts. > > touch /etc/init.d/gdm > > chmod 755 /etc/init.d/gdm > > apt-get remove gdm > > but still, that doesn't bring the original gdm script back, does it? or am > i missing something?
After removing gdm which is what the last command above does, you reinstall it - # apt-get install gdm The scripts should then be installed. You might actually want to purge gdm before reinstalling like - # apt-get --purge remove gdm then # apt-get install gdm kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke