Actually, Etch is the latest 'testing' release. Sid is always the code name for the unstable release.
-Ben Pitzer On 6/9/06, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh yes, of course! Apologies. I am running Etch, the latest "unstable" release. Cristobal Palmer wrote: > Just for clarity/posterity: remind us what OS you're running that gave > you this problem? Debian Etch? Sid? > > On 6/9/06, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Maybe I'm the last one in line to encounter this problem and an apparent >> working solution, but I thought I'd post this for posterity (and give >> smarter, wiser folks the opportunity to say "YOU MORON! What were you >> thinking?!") >> >> So. Latest wave of updates to x11, particularly xorg, come with a >> warning saying something along the lines of "Some users have reported >> this breaks X completely!" Well, now I'm one of the affected. I found >> that issuing the following dpkg command will get the chink out of the >> way that keeps all of the rest of X from updating / installing correctly: >> >> % dpkg --install --force-configure-any --force-overwrite >> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common-_version-stuff-just-use-tab-complete_.deb >> >> >> Seemingly, without the force-configure-any, x11-common dies, complaining >> that /usr/include/X11 is missing, and without --force-overwrite (in my >> case at least) complains about overwriting a >> /usr/X11/bin/somethingorother that's also part of Motif. >> >> With x11-common taken care of, all the other myriad x11 / xorg packages >> click into place via pressing "g" in aptitude. >> >> Hope this helps somebody, or helps me if it happens again! ha. >> >> Cheers, >> ~Brian >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------- >> Brian A. Henning >> strutmasters.com >> 336.597.2397x238 >> ---------------- >> -- >> TriLUG mailing list : >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ >> > > -- ---------------- Brian A. Henning strutmasters.com 336.597.2397x238 ---------------- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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