Bad update - X11 corrupted - dependency hell
Dick Brown
dikbrown at qwest.net
Wed Apr 14 21:20:15 UTC 2004
Martin,
OK, I can get into the graphical environment now, but I get several
errors as I log in to any account. First, though, here's the result of
"rpm -qa | grep '^XF' | sort".
XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-42
XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-42
XFree86-libs-4.3.0-42
XFree86-libs-data-4.3.0-42
XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-42
The errors I get now are the following:
Panel encountered a problem while loading <applet>.
Details: child process did not give an error message, unknown
failure occurred. Delete file? (I chose no)
The applets were:
OAFIID: Gnome_PagerApplet
OAFIID: Gnome_TasklistApplet
OAFIID: Gnome_SystemTrayApplet
and (the following gives different details)
OAFIID: Gnome_ClockApplet
Details: g_module_open of '/usr/lib/libclock-applet-2'
failed with 'libpanel-applet-2.so.0: cannot open shared objectfile: no
such file or directory
Dick
Martin Stone wrote:
> Dick,
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir is a program that belongs to the package
> XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-42 - so it sounds like you're missing more
> than one package. So go and get
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-42.i386.rpm
>
>
> and put it in the same directory and try:
>
> rpm -ivh XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-42.i386.rpm
> XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-42.i386.rpm
>
> if that works, go ahead and do the chkconfig and the "service xfs
> start" - if not, next time you post include the output of:
>
> rpm -qa | grep '^XF' | sort
>
> and we will see what all else you're missing...
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> Dick Brown wrote:
>
>> Martin,
>> You were right, and the XFree86-xfs wasn't there. I got the rpm
>> that you mentioned, but when I tried to install it, I got the message
>> that:
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir was missing. Is this just a directory that
>> I can create, so that everything will be OK, or do you think that
>> there's another package that I need to install first?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Dick
>>
>> Martin Stone wrote:
>>
>>> Dick,
>>>
>>> That's a good start. One item of concern: You say that when you
>>> ran X -probeonly, your screen blanked. Do you mean it blanked and
>>> stayed blank? That would be bad. It's supposed to blank your
>>> screen for a few seconds, then you get back your text console with
>>> the latest error messages displayed on it.
>>>
>>> So... we've determined that X doesn't think it has the fonts it
>>> needs... this could be because xfs just is not running, but I think
>>> it's more likely that xfs was the package that failed installation.
>>> Can you do the following:
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep '^XF' | sort
>>>
>>> and post the output to us? You should see XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-42 in
>>> the list towards the bottom. If you don't, that could be your
>>> trouble. You might try something like:
>>>
>>> wget
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-42.i386.rpm
>>>
>>>
>>> (or download the RPM to your system in your favorite way)
>>>
>>> and then:
>>>
>>> rpm -ivh XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-42.i386.rpm
>>> chkconfig --level 2345 xfs on
>>> service xfs start
>>>
>>> Then try starting X and logging all messages on your own with
>>> something like:
>>>
>>> X > /tmp/myXlog.txt 2>&1
>>>
>>> And let us know how that works out for you...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dick Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, there was no 'rhgb' in my boot loader, so I got in and manually
>>>> changed /etc/inittab.
>>>>
>>>> The command 'X -probeonly' didn't seem to do anything helpful. I
>>>> saw some text flash on the screen, but then the screen blanked. I
>>>> checked the log file, but no help there. I went ahead and just ran
>>>> 'X' and again checked the log file. I saw the following messages
>>>> near the bottom:
>>>>
>>>> could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list
>>>> fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>> Martin Stone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dick,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a way to boot from the hard disk and skip the graphical stuff:
>>>>>
>>>>> When the GRUB bootloader screen comes up, hit the 'a' key - this
>>>>> allows you to modify the kernel parameters that are being used to
>>>>> boot your system. Backspace over 'rhgb' to remove it, then type
>>>>> '3' (without the quotes) and hit Enter. This tells the Linux
>>>>> kernel to boot to runlevel 3 instead of what is specified in
>>>>> /etc/inittab (that would be '5' in your case.) Runlevel 3 is the
>>>>> normal runlevel with all normal services running except for X.
>>>>> Much easier to troubleshoot your system from this point than from
>>>>> a rescue disk.
>>>>>
>>>>> After you've booted to runlevel 3, you can log in normally and try
>>>>> to diagnose your X problem. I recommend starting by trying:
>>>>>
>>>>> X -probeonly
>>>>>
>>>>> and seeing (and telling us!) what error messages are reported.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck!
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dick Brown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to those who have replied so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did make a boot disk, and can get to a system prompt with
>>>>>> "linux single". The problem I'm having is that I can't get a
>>>>>> graphical login. When the login prompt comes up, the system
>>>>>> automatically tries to go to the graphical login. Unfortunately,
>>>>>> it can't get there, so keeps cycling from text login to graphical
>>>>>> login and back, so I can't do anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was one other thing I tried, and maybe this was bad. When
>>>>>> I couldn't log in normally after the failed update, I tried
>>>>>> reinstalling Fedora over itself. It seemed to go fine installing
>>>>>> over RH8, so I figured it would be okay to install over itself,
>>>>>> too. Would this have messed it up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jludwig wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> I recently decided to upgrade from RH8 to Fedora. I downloaded
>>>>>>>> the .iso files, burned them and installed without a hitch
>>>>>>>> (checked the md5sum and the finished CDs first).
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, when I performed the system update, the X11
>>>>>>>> package
>>>>>>>> was corrupted. Now I can't boot into Fedora normally. I can
>>>>>>>> get in through the "Linux rescue" from the install disk, but
>>>>>>>> I'm afraid I
>>>>>>>> don't know what to do from there. I'm at that dangerous stage
>>>>>>>> where I know enough to get myself into trouble, but not enough
>>>>>>>> to get myself out,
>>>>>>>> so I don't really want to touch anything without some advice
>>>>>>>> first. Is there an easy fix to this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What were the error messages, if any, while booting?
>>>>>>> This will give me/us an idea how to help you fix this problem.
>>>>>>> jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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