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

Austin,

Thanks for your fast response!

Yes, startx does not work. I start it, the screen goes black, then the
cross-hatch pattern appears then the screen goes back to the terminal
mode with a message saying the X server was stopped.

I don't know if I use kdm. I am using KDE, and that was working before I
did apt-get upgrade.

Any other thoughts?

Mark Phillips
Phillips Marketing, Inc.
602 524-0376 office
480 945-9197 fax
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz


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From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Austin
Godber
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:35 AM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: 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
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