[ltp] panic- reinstall Xserver

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:34:07 +0100


On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 13:23:23 +0200, gustavo wrote:
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:26:14 +0200, gustavo wrote:
> >
> >>Hello List
> >>
> >>By did some stupid thinks with the Xserver.
> >>
> >>Finally I remove xserver-common and dependencies and after it
> >>install all the pakages removed. But the X still not work.
> >>
> >>Is any way to remove "X" and all the thinks related to it (Is not
> >>inoff with apt-get remove xserver-commomn) and reinstall the without
> >>reinstall debian ??
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >> Gustavo
> >>
> >
> >1. Backup you Xserver config files (/etc/X11)
> >
> >2. completely (purge) the xserver-xfree86 package, with the purge
> >fuction of your favourite apt frontend or with apt-get purge
> >xserver-xfree86
> >
> Thank you, This purge will also remove the directory /etc/X11, /usr/X11R6 .
> I'm right ?. because I want remove it, but in the correct way.

No, it won't. You have to manually purge each X related package for
this, maybe using dpkg -S.