Help - apt-get upgrade and startx does not work!!

Mark Phillips wrote:
> I ran apt-get update, then upgrade, then dist-upgrade and now startx
> will not work.
>
> I got the following error at the end of apt-get upgrade:
>
> Setting up xdm (4.3.0-2).
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xdm.config line 645 "kdm" to "xdm": command not found
>
> dpkg: error processing xdm (-- configure) subprcess post-installation
> script returned error exit status 127
>
> Everything was running OK before I did this update and upgrade. I looked
> at line 645 in /var/lib/dpkg/info/xdm.config, but there are not
> references to "kdm" or "xdm" on that line. Line 645 is the last line in
> the script, so I think the error is occurring somewhere else and this is
> some sort of exit point from the script???
>
> Is there a way to back out all the changes and return to my previous
> configuration before I ran apt-get update??
>
> I need help to fix this problem. I have a project that I need to work on
> and it is being help hostage by xdm!!

First a word of caution. Don't use apt-get dist-upgrade unless you are
really upgrading from one distribution level to another.

Maybe its complaining that KDM isn't installed?

Have you tried startx and that doesn't work?

Do you even use XDM?

Austin