I was using apt and synaptic until I switched to using yum and yumex. Reload and switch to "View all packages". Choose "Mark all upgrades" and then scroll all the way down to the xorg-x11 packages. Manually "unmark" all the xorg-x11 packages and carry on with your updating as usual. Mirco Scara wrote: >I have already posted about this matter yesterday and I have followed >the discussion on the Xorg-x11 problem; >Someone advised me not to upgrade xorg until a fix is released. >Well I think it's a very good idea if only, upgrading thru synaptic >would allow me to deselect the Xorg upgrade. >I am trying to attempt a whole smart upgrade via apt/synaptic but it >won't allow me to deselect the xorg-x11 upgrade. >is there a work around this? >How can I exclude this upgrade? >is it easier in yum to exclude these packages? > > >Mirco >