On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 09:54 +0200, Denis wrote: > > Recently --- about five days ago --- I dist-upgraded my Sid-running iBook G4 > (late 2005 version), and Xorg broke. When trying to start the X server, it > would give an error, and not start: > > /usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
That's all? It doesn't say what symbol's unresolved? > Checking Xorg.0.log I saw the logging got truncated after trying to load the > DRI extensions, without further logging anything else (log attached at the > end of this email). Yes, the process dies immediately when it tries to call an unresolved function. So in this case the X stderr output is actually more useful than the log file. The most likely cause is a stale libdrm; what does ldd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so say? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
