Hello Florian. Thanks for your suggestions. Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:27:22 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >> Florian Kulzer wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25:16 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >>>> Florian Kulzer wrote: >>>>> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 16:03:33 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >>>>>> Xorg stopped working after a recent dist-upgrade of Lenny (Testing). The >>>>>> problem >>>>>> seems to be that the package xserver-xorg-core will not install. dpkg is >>>>>> unable >>>>>> to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so'. >>> [ snip: We verified that there is enough space on left on the root >>> partition. /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so does not exist so far; I am >>> not sure if that is OK. (I suspected some problem with attributes >>> making it impossible to overwrite the file.) ] >>> >>> Just to be on the safe side: Check with "mount" if your root partition >>> is mounted rw. >> Permissions of root partition (/dev/hda11) look OK: [...] >> The file .deb file exists in the cache: [...] >> The file libwfb.so in the .deb seems OK: [...] > > Check if you can actually extract the file (and all other files in the > deb) to some $TEMPDIR with: > > dpkg-deb -X > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git200800517-1_i386.deb > $TEMPDIR > > Then check what "file" reports for the extracted libfbw.so in the > temporary location. > The deb file extracts to ~/tmp OK and libwfb.so exists:
~# file tmp/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so tmp/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, not stripped [...] > > Can you generate libwfb.so in the proper location with touch (as root)? Yes, I can create the empty file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so using touch. > Does the existence of an empty libwfb.so help with the installation? > What if you extract the file from the .deb and put it into place > yourself? No. The installation halts even though /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so exists (copied from the temporary extraction directory). > > Try to download the .deb again, maybe from another mirror, etc. > I've already tried changing mirrors and clearing the cache (aptitude clean) before downloading. I've also switched from the "lenny" to "testing" repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list. [...] I've tried using dpkg directly to install the deb. I get the same error, of course: # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517- -1_i386.deb [...] unable to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so': No such file or directory The dot in front of the install path worries me slightly. Shouldn't dpkg install directly into /usr ? I've checked the exact size of the deb with "ls -l" (4070872 Byte), which is the value given on the Debian website [1]. However, I cannot check the MD5 checksum (bca5e59168c73a3c8661069df80f368a) using # md5sum --check xserver-xorg-core_1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb md5sum: xserver-xorg-core_1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found In fact, I get the same error for any .deb file, so I'm missing something here. I've checked that libwfb.so only exists in two packages, so there are no duplicates: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so xserver-xorg-core-dbg /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so xserver-xorg-core I've tried installing other random packages eg "smartmontools", but aptitude always wants to upgrade xserver-xorg-core, and will fail. If I keep pressing "n" for other solutions I end up with this: *** No more solutions available *** The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo Leave the following dependencies unresolved: gdm recommends xserver-xorg Score is -12096 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] I chickened out at this stage. I have run a SMART check in case this is a failing hard disc. An extended offline test using "smartctl -s on -t long /dev/hda" completed without error. I'm out of inspiration! [1] http://packages.debian.org/lenny/i386/xserver-xorg-core/download Regards, -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
