Tore Ericsson wrote:
THE problem
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html
caused by my stupidness
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00501.html
Okay, I missed this second link, which contains good information, such as:
The recommendation to run dpkg-reconfigure
Þann 2006-03-07, 08:04:42 (-0600) skrifaði Kent West:
Now I see two possible problems: 1) the libkdecore.so.4 file, which I
still suspect, so I really would encourage you to try the things I
suggested earlier which you thought had no bearing on your problem. 2)
Apparently you have your system
Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
... sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf and
selecting Dialog. (This assumes you've configured your user to have
sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
other way to give root access to your X
Tore Ericsson wrote:
Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
... sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf and
selecting Dialog. (This assumes you've configured your user to have
sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
other way to give root
*** xserver-xorg reconfigured and all other things work again ***
Using dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf and resetting debconf
to use the dialog default instead of KDE (which needs that dpkg has
permission to use the X server, which it didn't have for some reason)
solved all problems.
Hi Tore, just as a final clarification to this problem.
The reason that debconf (and then dpkg) failed was that root (the user
that you use when running apt-get and dpkg) is not allowed to connect
to the X server by default if it is run by another user. I know this
sounds strange since root is
Marty,
OK, that's true, I shouldn't run testing, since it's a bit demanding to
maintain upgrades on an enough regular basis when changes are so frequent.
It demands for almost daily hands-on-the-system in a way I haven't got time
for. That is, when etch goes stable I'll probably stick to it;
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:34:57 +0100
Tore Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe I cannot in the long run even resist to learn Emacs!
surely, in your newbie-ness, you meant to say ViM!
;-)
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Tore Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system
reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error.
Background
==
Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted
Synaptic update of
Try purging the package and then reinstalling it, removing does just
like you say, it doesnt delete the configuration files but purging
does, try dpkg --purge xserver-xorg
Or you can allso try out apt-get -f ... the -f switch is --fix-broken
(it is usually used to fix broken dependencies but
Andrei,
You could try getting the .deb for xserver-xorg and linux-image... and
install them manually with dpkg -i
Just a thought
Andrei
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough:
Yes, that is probably true regarding my situation. I try my best.
Further, I believe
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are the results of your
I don't see the origin of your problem (just signed up) but it might be
the same I had.
I have just signed up to day and are not familiar with debian, neither
can I tell you what to do, but only tell what I had to do.
Installed the «testing» on my hp laptop very easylie and are working,
Monday 6 March 2006 23:03 Kai Sandsengen wrote:
I don't see the origin of your problem (just signed up) but it might be
the same I had.
Kai,
In the ultimate sense, we may have the same problem, that is, such a problem
that may be resolved by a complete Debian reinstallation.
Now since my
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal mistake,
It's a stab-in-the-dark, but I'd try using aptitude
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal
mistake,
It's a
Tore Ericsson wrote:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
anyhow :)
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 20:05 -0500, Marty wrote:
Speaking of testing, in another posting you mentioned that you were
a newbie. I admire your pluck and daring.
Me too.
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
anyhow :)
Are you saying that if you
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
Tore Ericsson wrote:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
Are you saying that if you dpkg -i kdelibs4c2a_3.5.1-2_i386.deb
the installation of the deb will fail?
yes indeed
Oh-h-h-h.
Does it complain about the libkdecore also, as in:
/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
Tore Ericsson wrote:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
I'd appreciate other suggestions than what
THE problem
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html
caused by my stupidness
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00501.html
seems to be that the configurations that any Debian tool expects are
confusingly out of order or missing in a way that cannot be foreseen (since
I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system
reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error.
Background
==
Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted
Synaptic update of xserver-xorg by running dpkg-reconfigure -a instead of
dpkg --configure -a (as
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