Amazing feat of savedom! You get to do the "God Dance" now! http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/kittens.jpg On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Joseph, > > Thanks for the suggestions. When I reinstalled libxml2 there were no > errors. When I installed the librsvg2 apps, librsvg2-2 and librsvg2-common > were already the latest versions and librsvg2-bin was installed. After a > reboot, I still had the libxml2 errors in .xsession-errors. > > I searched for libxml2.so, and the 2.6 version was still present. After > some googling on this error, It seems that vmware installed it (from tar.gz > and not apt), so it was not being maintained by apt. I removed vmware > completely but /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.30 was still present. So, I renamed > it xml2lib.so.2.6.30 and reinstalled libxm2. After a reboot, my desktop > icons came back. Can I safely remove this file? How would I find out if > another program that I have not started still needs it? 99.99% of all my > programs are installed with apt; the vmware install was unusual. > > I still have these errors in .xsession-errors: > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... > SESSION_MANAGER=local/narwhale:@ > /tmp/.ICE-unix/4441,unix/narwhale:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4441 > 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 > GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-nSmW8a/socket > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-nSmW8a/socket.ssh > 21/06/2009 08:22:45 AM Autoprobing TCP port > 21/06/2009 08:22:45 AM Autoprobing selected port 5900 > 21/06/2009 08:22:45 AM Advertising security type: 'TLS' (18) > 21/06/2009 08:22:45 AM Advertising authentication type: 'No Authentication' > (1) > 21/06/2009 08:22:45 AM Advertising security type: 'No Authentication' (1) > > ** (nautilus:4681): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported > 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 > ESC[31;01merror: No system tray detected on this system. Unable to start, > exiting. ESC[0m > Window manager warning: Invalid WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window 0x220000e specified > for 0x220000c (HPLIP Stat). > > ESC[01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)ESC[0m > ESC[01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0ESC[0m > > Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > Should I be concerned about the warnings and missing authentication? How do > I fix them? > > Thanks for all your help!!!! > > Mark > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Joseph Sinclair < > plug-discussion@stcaz.net> wrote: > >> You have a couple problems that I can see from this: >> 1) libxml is horked. This is pretty bad (because of all the xml in the >> Gnome configs), but can be fixed >> 2) Nautilus is failing to start due to missing core library dependencies, >> this is what's causing your no-desktop issues. >> >> try the following: >> sudo apt-get install --reinstall libxml2 >> sudo apt-get install librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common librsvg2-bin >> >> that may get you to a more stable state. >> >> It's possible that you're just a bit too far out in front of the devs with >> Squeeze, so you may have to wait a bit for them to get librsvg-2 properly >> packaged for you before Gnome will work again... >> >> Mark Phillips wrote: >> > 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 (no description available) >> > un libxml2-doc (no description available) >> > un libxml2-headers (no description available) >> > un libxml2-python2.3 (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 >> > 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. 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