Latest Dapper xserver-xorg upgrade might break the xserver

The xserver-xorg-core version 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 is broken.

I (tseliot) have sent an email to the chief of the team which maintains the Xserver.

more information in this sticky forum thread

The recent update to xserver-xorg breaks the Xserver.
Please wait with upgrading Ubuntu Dapper until xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4 hits the servers.

another forum thread

the story on digg

UPDATE: the problem has been fixed but you should wait to upgrade until xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4_i386.deb is uploaded to the ubuntu servers.

If you want to upgrade using the terminal then issue this command when the new package is uploaded to the ubuntu servers :
$sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade

There are multiple (temporary) stickies (in different forum sections) linking to tseliot’s sticky. When an affected user is able to go to the forums (for example using a livecd) he/she will probably find tseliot’s sticky easily.

Here’s the bug report. The developers have fixed this really quickly.

A related blog post with a possible (future) solution to this kind of problems.

update :

official information :

http://www.ubuntu.com/UpgradeIssue http://www.ubuntu.com/FixForUpgradeIssue