Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 17:16:36 +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'. [...] > OK, time to check out in more detail what dpkg is doing when you try to > install the package. You can use strace to see which files are being > accessed: > > strace -f -e trace=file -o dpkg-file-strace.txt dpkg -i > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb > > The generated output, dpkg-file-strace.txt, will be too long to be > posted on the list. The best option would be if you could put the file > on a publicly accessible website or FTP server. >
Sven Joachim wrote: > Another possibility which produces less clutter is to use dpkg's -D > option: > > dpkg -D100 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb 2>dpkg.log > > Then grep for the offending file name in the generated log file. I have created both files. Florian's: http://untrammelled.co.uk/lenny/dpkg-file-strace.txt Sven's http://untrammelled.co.uk/lenny/dpkg.log Regards, -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
