On 12 Apr 2009, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:29:25AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'd revert if I could but I don't think it's possible. > > It's possible but requires some 'force'. ;) > > Warning: You shouldn't do this within a running X instance. > > a) Remove all xserver-xorg packages. > b) Download x11-common 7.3+18 from your mirror of choice and > dpkg -i --force-all it into the system. > c) Switch your sources.list to testing for the moment. > d) Install the xserver-xorg packages you removed with a) again. > e) Maybe set the xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg-video package to > hold if it works. > > No guarantee though. > > Sven > --
Many thanks for this. I tried yesterday but omitted step b, so it didn't work. If I can get my courage up perhaps I'll try again. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org