[wplug] dist-upgrade on Debian Etch, XFree86 -> x.org

[Rick Reynolds]

Have any other Debian users on this list running Etch done a 
dist-upgrade recently?  Sometime (within the last month, maybe ???) 
they've moved the switch-over to x.org into the testing branch.

I found a website that had an article about the switch-over when it was 
in unstable, dated July of this year.  The author really didn't have any 
problems to report.

Well, I had a minor glitch.  My gdm.conf file didn't get properly 
updated and was referring to the XFree86 executable, so X wouldn't 
start.  I'm not all that familiar with that particular conf file, nor 
was I sure what the proper executable to run in an x.org setup should be.

I attempted to uninstall / reinstall gdm, hoping that the setup scripts 
would realize they were installing on an x.org machine, but that didn't 
work.  My gdm.conf file persisted across the uninstall / reinstall 
cycle.  In retrospect I should have used the --purge option to make sure 
the old config file got removed.

Eventually I just tried removing the existing gdm.conf file and starting 
it up.  It complained about not having a conf file, but it started up 
with some default options and I was able to get into X.

Things aren't 100% back to where they were before (trying to set my 
login screen graphic isn't working for some reason) but the system is 
usable again.

Just thought other Debian users might like a heads-up -- or maybe others 
will chime in with their experiences?

Rick Reynolds
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