Serious bug ... xserver-xorg-core update kills X

[Jérémy]

The bug has been reported on the launchapd :
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/57153


Ian Soutar a écrit :
> My Acer Aspire 5000 went down yesterday.   X would not start. 
>
> I did the following actions ...
>
> 1/ Reinstall from the newest 6.06.1 version.   It booted ok but when I 
> did the updates it failed in the same way.
>
> 2/ Repeated from the earlier Dapper 6.06 version.   It booted ok too but 
> failed after an update.
>
> I noticed that in "1" there were only 4 files to update.   I guessed 
> that it was the  "xserver-xorg-core" update so I dis-allowed that one 
> update.   Problem is fixed.
>
> It took me about 6 hours or more of work to do a re-install and restore 
> my directories.
>
> Please send out a warning.   It may apply only to this computer but then 
> again it may be a serious bug that affects others too.
>
> Ian Soutar