Chris Howie wrote: > Justin Piszcz wrote: > >>I fixed this by using the lib from a box with libXft2 2.1.7 instead of >>2.1.8.2-3. > > > Thanks for the heads-up. I found myself referring to your post after > rebooting > and nothing worked. > > It is possible to fix this without copying the .so from an older installation > -- just downgrade the package. This is how I solved the issue:
I did this using apt-get by including these in my /etc/apt/sources.list: #got this while starting KDE: # kdeinit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden # startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. #So downgraded libxft2 version 2.1.8.2-3 --> 2.1.7-1, based on #http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.debian.user/browse_frm/thread/6289e3f628a1e4d/48b3908383ca1161?lnk=st&q=cannot+start+kdeinit+debian&rnum=2&hl=en#48b3908383ca1161 deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft2 deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft2 and then doing: $> sudo apt-get install libxft2=2.1.7-1 Then I started dselect and marked this package as "hold". ->HS > > # dpkg --force-depends -r libxft2 > # wget \ > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xft/libxft2_2.1.7-1_i386.deb > # dpkg -i libxft2_2.1.7-1_i386.deb > # echo libxft2 hold | dpkg --set-selections > > Go back to KDM, CTRL+ALT+BKSP, and all is well. Note that you'll want to > unhold libxft2 (echo libxft2 install | dpkg --set-selections) after this is > fixed. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
