Eric, No, just an old Pentium 32 bit machine. That is what is so strange. However, I did manage to solve it by further digging on the ubuntu forums... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/+bug/151045. I am not running ubuntu, just debian. The problem is with libz.so. In /usr/local/lib I have: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 13 2007-11-01 17:39 /usr/local/lib/libz.so -> libz.so.1.2.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 13 2007-11-01 17:39 /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.2.3 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 85K 2007-11-01 17:39 /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1.2.3 In /usr/lib I have: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-08-13 16:37 /usr/lib/libz.so -> libz.so.1.2.3.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-08-13 16:37 /usr/lib/libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.2.3.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80K 2009-08-04 11:54 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 A newer version of libz is in /usr/lib as is in /usr/local/lib. I changed /usr/local/lib to be: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 24 2009-11-10 12:33 /usr/local/lib/libz.so -> /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 24 2009-11-10 12:34 /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1 -> /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 85K 2007-11-01 17:39 /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1.2.3 and rebooted. X came up with no problems and gdm is puring along. I will see what happens with the next update, but I will probably just cop libz.so.1.2.3.3 over the libz.so.1.2.3 and put the links back. Any ideas on how to figure out where the libz.so.1.2.3 got into /usr/local/lib? Mark On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Eric Cope wrote: > is your machine a 64bit machine? gzopen64 makes it sound like a 64bit > binary... > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Mark Phillips < > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > >> I performed an apt-get update/upgrade on my Debian testing machine, and >> now my X server is dead. This is the error I got: >> >> X.Org X Server 1.6.5 >> Release Date: 2009-10-11 >> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 >> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30.8-dsa-ia32 i686 Debian >> Current Operating System: Linux beagle 2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Sep 26 >> 01:16:22 UTC 2009 i686 >> Build Date: 13 October 2009 11:25:51AM >> xorg-server 2:1.6.5-1 (buildd@murphy.debian.org) >> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org >> to make sure that you have the latest version. >> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, >> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, >> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. >> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 10 11:35:36 2009 >> /usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpciaccess.so.0: undefined >> symbol: gzopen64 >> >> I googled the last line and did not find anything relevant or any >> solution. >> >> Has anyone seen this problem before, and hopefully, a solution? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Eric Cope > http://cope-et-al.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >