[SLUG] dist-upgrade failed for xorg, many dpkg errors

[Michael Lake <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

(a subject is better, delete previous message)

Upgrading the wifes PC from an old Debian to etch using dist-upgrade has
really busted it. xserver-xorg won't install as it depends on x11-common but
that won't install as I get a dpkg "error processing xmem (--remove)" during the
post removal script. I have tried also just 'apt-get -f install' and I get the
same error.

I have tried to remove xmem using dpkg --force-all and various other options to
dpkg but it still wont work.  At this stage I think I need to totally remove X11
stuff and  reinstall it.

Any help appreciated to recover from this.

MikeMike Lake