Debian upgrade problems

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bier
> 
> Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> | On Tuesday 09 December 2003 10:14 am, Brian Densmore wrote:
> |><some text about 1 package (libxrender) needs installing>
> |
> | Brian, the only solution I can think of (not being familiar with
> either Debbie
> | or Ian) is to un-install libxrender and whatever is dependent on it,
> keeping
> | track of the package names.  Do your upgrade, then 
> re-install from the
> new
> | source.
> 
> This is what I did to get Brian Kelsey's working, except, I 
> didn't bother
> ~ installing from a new source, I just apt-get installed the package.
> 
Ugh! Uninstalling libxrender means uninstalling X or damn near al of it.
Not the answer I was looking for, but it is what I feared. Probably
easier to format the  drive and reinstall from scratch. Oh, well.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. 

I'll be on the road Thursday,
so maybe I'll bring along the laptop and see if I can fix it without
reinstalling from scratch. I'll give you all a blow by blow if it 
turns out interesting enough. ;)
Or maybe I'll put it off 'til *after* Christmas.

Thanks,
Brian