Bug#362411: /etc/X11/X pointing to /bin/true after upgrade

Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Version: 1:6.5.7.3-3
Severity: normal

Hey there!

First of all, thanks for the Xorg packages, incredible they are working
as good, I am writing this from an upgraded unstable system.

However I ran into a number of problems during upgrade. One of them was
that /etc/X11/X pointed to /bin/true after running just

apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati

as I did not want to install all drivers... The other problems are
already reported, namely xkb-data not being installed with the server.
The third thing was that kdm did not find the X server anymore as it
had the full path /usr/X11R6/bin/X for the binary in the default
configuration.

Greetings

Torsten

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-rc4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-ati depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-3 X.Org X server -- core server

xserver-xorg-video-ati recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information


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Hi Brice,

On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:40:24PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This problem about /etc/X11/X pointing to /bin/true was probably caused
> by xserver-xorg being removed (it sets the symlink to /bin/true) and
> then reinstalled (without fixing the symlink correctly). It should be
> solved by now, probably since xserver-xorg 1:7.1.0-5.


Fine. Thanks for the information. Is there any rationale why /etc/X11/X
should point at /bin/true at any time? It looks quite nonsensical to me.
Any rationale?

Greetings, Torsten


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