Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!

[Mark Phillips]

Joseph,

This is in .xsession-errors:
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
SESSION_MANAGER=local/narwhale:@
/tmp/.ICE-unix/4168,unix/narwhale:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4168
1245556817.745420 Session manager: disconnected...
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
/home/mark/.config/metacity/sessions/default0.ms: Failed to open file
'/home/mark/.config/metacity/sessions/default0.ms': No such file or
directory
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-u7nyMw/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-u7nyMw/socket.ssh
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
20/06/2009 09:00:31 PM Autoprobing TCP port
20/06/2009 09:00:31 PM Autoprobing selected port 5900
20/06/2009 09:00:31 PM Advertising security type: 'TLS' (18)
20/06/2009 09:00:31 PM Advertising authentication type: 'No Authentication'
(1)
20/06/2009 09:00:31 PM Advertising security type: 'No Authentication' (1)

** (nautilus:4409): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported
nautilus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined symbol:
xmlNewEntity

(nautilus:4417): Unique-DBus-WARNING **: Error while sending message:
Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
Unable to open desktop file
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org2.4-writer.desktop for panel launcher:
No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org2.4-calc.desktop for panel launcher:
No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org2.4-base.desktop for panel launcher:
No such file or directory
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
epiphany-browser: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined
symbol: xmlNewEntity
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
epiphany-browser: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined
symbol: xmlNewEntity
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206
epiphany-browser: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2: undefined
symbol: xmlNewEntity
nsHeaderInfo: registerSelf called!
nsHeaderInfo: registerSelf called!

compiz was not installed for some reason, so I tried installing it, but no
change.
It appears that I have two versions of libxml2 installed -
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.3
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.30
but dpkg says I only have one:
narwhale:/home/mark# dpkg -l libxml2*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
ii libxml2 2.7.3.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
un libxml2-dev <none> (no description available)
un libxml2-doc <none> (no description available)
un libxml2-headers <none> (no description available)
un libxml2-python2.3 <none> (no description available)
ii libxml2-utils 2.7.3.dfsg-1 XML utilities
narwhale:/home/mark#

I remember several of those warning about libxml during apt-get upgrade. I
don't know if this is the problem, but one of the errors in .xsession-errors
mentions an unknown xml entry.
I don't know how to "blow away" my gconf or gnome configuration as suggested
by James, nor do I understand if that will help.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Mark


On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Joseph Sinclair
<plug-discussion at stcaz.net>wrote:

> From the sound of it Nautilus is not starting or failing on startup.
> Have you looked at .xsession-errors?  There may be something there about a
> dbus failure.
> Try (from a command-line if you can get a terminal started) running
> nautilus directly, if that "fixes" the problem, then you know for certain
> what's failing (you might also get debug output that can help tell you why).
> If you can't start Nautilus, try disabling compiz, sometimes that causes
> problems during upgrades.
> I had a similar problem in a stable release, and I had some luck with (via
> command-line) disabling compiz and dropping back to a simpler graphics
> driver (kernel drivers first, VESA if those fail).  You might have some luck
> trying that.
> If all else fails, you might need to blow away your gnome configuration
> files (back them up first!) as suggested by James.
>
>
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine
> apt-get
> > update apt-get upgrade, and now all my desktop icons are gone and every
> time
> > I access the menus (Applications, Places, System) the upper and lower
> menu
> > bars disappear and then come back. I am writing this email in a browser
> > window, so once an application is launched it seems to work OK.
> >
> > I have no idea where to start debugging this problem. Any suggestions are
> > welcome!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > P.S. I am running gnome, not KDE. Also, I cannot right click on the
> desktop
> > - nothing happens.
> >
> >
> >
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