[ILUG] Mixing linux distributions

[Ian O'Connell]

On 12/10/06, essam mansour <emansour.os at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have used Ubuntu 6.06, since it was released on June.
>
> I was modifying my source-list, and accidentally I modified it to Ubuntu
> 6.10.
>
> For example, I used
>
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy main restricted universe multiverse
>
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy main restricted universe
> multiverse
>
> The mistake came from using "edgy" instate of "dapper"
>
> I received a lot of changes. Then, I had been asked to restart.
>
> I did so. However, my xserver is broken.
>
> I received this message "xserver is broken or not fully installed"
>
> I googled for a solution. I understood that I need to reinstall my xserver
> again.
>
> I modified again my source-list to refer to "dapper" and also to use my
> Ubuntu CD.
>
> I removed  xserver-xorg-common, then I tried to install it again. It failed,
> because of dependency problem related to the "xl1" package, which is the
> core of the X Window.
>
> I tried to reinstall the xl1 package by removing it and then install it
> again.
>
> I removed the xl1 package, but I also failed in installing it again.
>
> I think that it was another big mistake.
>
> Now, I can not find a solution by googling the net.
>
>
> I have a lot of installed programs, I did a lot of customization to my
> Ubuntu.
>
>
> Is there any one can help me in recovering my Ubuntu?
>
> Is there any chance to let my xserver work again?
>
>
> Thank you so much in advance
>


after you removed the xserver-common package did you do a apt-get
clean to remove the one you downloaded previously?

Also once you clean out the x11 packages give dpkg --list | grep xorg
, and dpkg --list | grep X11

 apt-get remove --purge `dpkg --list | grep xorg | awk '{print $2}'`
(do not do that for the second one, as lots of packages you probally
want can have x11 in the name...)
something like that will probally clean out the xorg packages but tbh
i haven't tried that exact command.

if you delete xorg, and do a apt-get clean, source removed, look at
the xorg package available then, see if its dependencies are
available, you should only be able to install the old one...
-- 


Ian.