Just complete apt-get /update/upgrade and my system is bonked!
Mark Phillips
mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
Sun Jun 21 21:58:08 MST 2009
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On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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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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