Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 1:1.0.2-8 Followup-For: Bug #365654 After upgrading, startx switches the display to graphical mode, it flashes black a few times, and then hangs. The keyboard is also dead. Pressing num-lock does nothing, nor does Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Xorg.0.log reports: (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so: undefined symbol: FreeTypeRegisterFontFileFunctions (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so (II) UnloadModule: "freetype" (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (loader failed, 7) and (II) LoadModule: "type1" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so: undefined symbol: Type1RegisterFontFileFunctions (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so (II) UnloadModule: "type1" (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (loader failed, 7) No other errors reported. When I copied the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so and /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.so files from another box to the broken computer's /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts directory and restarted, the Xlog.0.log showed no errors. Still, the same behavior was exhibited. The screen went blank, and the keyboard lost functionality. I was using the i810 driver. I switched to the vesa driver. Symptoms identical except that now, the final blank screen is replaced by a screen with heavily distorted text at the very top, in red, blue, and gray. The pattern of text stretches across the entire top of the screen, and appears to repeat, or at least be separated into 32 small blocks. Logging in from another computer, ps ax|grep x does not show any X processes running (such as startx, x-window-manager). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontenc1 1:1.0.1-6 X11 font encoding library ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-4 GCC support library ii libxau6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 authorisation library ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc ii libxfont1 1:1.0.0-4 X11 font rasterisation library ii x11-common 1:7.0.18 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii xserver-xorg-input-al 1:7.0.18 the X.Org X server -- input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-ev 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv ii xserver-xorg-input-kb 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d ii xserver-xorg-input-mo 1:1.0.4-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv ii xserver-xorg-video-al 1:7.0.18 the X.Org X server -- output drive ii xserver-xorg-video-ap 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- APM display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ar 1:0.5.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- ark display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-at 1:6.5.8.0-1 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ch 1:1.0.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-ci 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d ii xserver-xorg-video-cy 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-du 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-fb 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-gl 1:1.0.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-i1 1:1.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-i7 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-i8 1:1.5.1.0-2 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx ii xserver-xorg-video-im 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-mg 1:1.2.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:0.1.4.1-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display ii xserver-xorg-video-ns 1:2.7.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- NV display drive ii xserver-xorg-video-re 1:4.0.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:1.8.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display ii xserver-xorg-video-sa 1:2.0.2.3-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display d ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:1.3.1.5-3 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.8.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.7.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display ii xserver-xorg-video-td 1:1.1.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-tg 1:1.0.0.5-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-tr 1:1.0.1.2-2 X.Org X server -- Trident display ii xserver-xorg-video-ts 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr ii xserver-xorg-video-v4 0.0.1.5-1 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di ii xserver-xorg-video-ve 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri ii xserver-xorg-video-vg 1:4.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vi 1:0.1.33.2-3 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vm 1:10.11.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VMware display d ii xserver-xorg-video-vo 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core recommends: pn xkeyboard-config <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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