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

Mark Phillips mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
Mon Jun 22 22:14:47 MST 2009 

Lisa,

Now that picture says it all.....thanks!

Mark

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> Okay - here you go:
>
> http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/courage.jpg
>
> On 6/22/09, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:
> > The missing file errors are leftovers.  Something in your system is still
> > referencing the old OO.o version 2.4, and the new 3.0 version changed the
> > filenames.  You can safely ignore that (or hunt down what's referencing
> the
> > old files and fix it, if you're adventurous).
> > libxml2 is used by a lot of software, don't remove it.
> > Stick with apt and dpkg (APT is really a frontend for dpkg) as much as
> > possible, it's easy to get borked when you go outside the fence...
> > You can remove the renamed xml2lib.so.2.6.30.  It's borken, and is just
> > wasting space now.
> > The metacity missing file thing
> > (/home/mark/.config/metacity/sessions/default0.ms: Failed to open file)
> is
> > not uncommon, you simply don't have a saved session there.  Metacity will
> > generally recover just fine and fix itself on that.
> > AFAICT the authentication warnings are about SSL stuff (are you running a
> > web server?).  I don't think those are a problem, but I'll defer to the
> more
> > security-skilled on the list in this regard.
> >
> > 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 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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