Hello list! I recently had a crash which caused slight data corruption, including the tragic loss of /etc/X11/rgb.txt (provided by xfree86-common)
I had updated to version 4.0.2-7 of xfree86-common when someone from debian-french told me there might be something wrong with /etc/X11/rgb.txt Indeed it was missing ! (and /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt was a broken symlink) I did apt-get install --reinstall xfree86-common , I tried dpkg -i xfree86-common. It work OK, but still no /etc/X11/rgb.txt. I removed the broken symlink (/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt) and tried again. The bloody symlink was restored but *not* the original file !! Then I extracted the whole package to a temp dir and I was finally able to copy rgb.txt to /etc/X11. I'd like somebody to please explain why --reinstalling didn't re-create /etc/X11/rgb.txt. Is it a bug ? TIA, [a much relieved but a bit upset] Romain -- Ain't no right way to do a wrong thing. -- The Mad Dogtender