On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:26:51 -0400 > "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the xorg update there was an advice to save the files in /usr/X11R6 > > so the bin directory could be replaced with a softlink to /usr/bin. > > Once this had been done the programs that were in usr/X11R6/bin could > > be moved to /usr/bin and the other files & directories could be moved > > back to /usr/X11R6. > > > > To comply I did mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6Saved > > > > After the update I forgot to move things back and gdm would not start > > X Windows. > > > > I remembered what I had not moved and tried mv /usr/X11R6Saved/lib > > /usr/X11R6. This failed as there was a new X11 in /usr/X11R6 and mv > > aborted rather than overwrite this. Accordingly I tried mv > > /usr/X11R6Saved/lib *. /usr/X11R6/lib. This moved all the files but > > the softlinks were lost. > > > > Now gdm started X Windows for 10 seconds, then exited with a message > > > > dbus-launch: error while loading shared libraries: > > libICE.so.6: cannot open shared object file. > > > > I restored the softlinks for libICE.so to libICE.so.6 to libICE.so.6.4 > > but this has not solved the problem. There are a great many such > > softlinks in the lib. > > > > Is this a clue to what I must do to solve the problem? If so, does > > anyone know the answer? > > > > Tom George > > > > > > Some of the X-related packages in etch are still at version 6.9: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-show-versions | grep 6.9.0 > libxaw8/etch uptodate 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 > libice6/etch uptodate 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 > xlibs/etch uptodate 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 > libxaw8-dev/etch uptodate 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 > libice-dev/etch uptodate 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 > > Hopefully, reinstalling them will restore the necessary files > in /usr/X11R6/lib. So, try 'apt-get install --reinstall libxaw8 libice6 > xlibs'. > > > -- > > Liam > Thanks, this did solve the problem.
There was one catch. I realized because the softlinks were missing I must have copied the files from X11R6Saved/lib to X11R6/lib with cp *.* rather than moving them with mv *.*. I went back and redid this and then reistalled the three files libxaw8, libice6, and xlibs. The result was an unusable system - X Windows started and immediately restarted when the first letter of the user name - or any key - was pressed. Worse, it was impossible to break this loop and switch to a console. I escaped by rebooting to a bbc-2.1 cd, making the partitions writable and moving all the files back to X11R6Saved.lib. When I then rebooted from the harddrive gdm tried to start X Window and failed allowing me access to a console. Finally, I reinstalled the three files and restarted gdm and all was fine. These three files are the only files in /X11R6/lib now. There is more than a page of three columns of files in /X11R6Saved/lib but apt-get -f install finds no problems. At some point the lack of these files in X11R6/lib may cause new problems? This task was more painful as, after the dist-upgrade, my system locks up during shutdown when it tries to stop the rsync daemon. This occurs before the files are unmounted so at every reboot they must all be repaired. I posted this problem several days ago but have had no responses. Tom George > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
