xserver-xorg-core update breaks X

[Scott]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:27:12 -0400, Ishaan Gulrajani wrote:

> same.
> i fixed it by downloading the dapper alternate CD, manually mounting it,
> running apt-cdrom add -m -d=/cdrom/ and then editing my sources.list and
> commenting out all repos except the CD. then i apt-get remove
> xserver-xorg-core and then apt-get install xserver-xorg-core.
> 
> hope this helps.
>

Whoa!

Why not just download the individual file?  That worked very well for me.