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

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On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>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 at 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 <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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