xfree86 cannot load windows after synaptic update

bpatters · 03-16-2004, 07:55 PM

Hello,
I have been running Fedora Redhat Core 1 for a couple of months.
This problem deals with the installation that I have on my Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop.
Yesterday, I used synaptic to do a system update on my installed packages. I received the usual "duplicate packages" warning because I haven't turned that feature off in my config file. (Not sure which one to edit)
See below...
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There are multiple versions of "XFree86-xfs" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-xfs$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-Mesa-libGL" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-Mesa-libGL$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "fal

There are multiple versions of "foomatic" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^foomatic$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-base-fonts" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-base-fonts$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "fal

There are multiple versions of "xchat" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^xchat$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-devel" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-devel$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-75dpi-fonts" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-75dpi-fonts$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "f

There are multiple versions of "libxml2-python" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^libxml2-python$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "gdm" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^gdm$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "coreutils" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^coreutils$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "libxml2" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^libxml2$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-xauth" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-xauth$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-libs" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-libs$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "perl" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^perl$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-Mesa-libGLU" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-Mesa-libGLU$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "f

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-100dpi-fonts" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-100dpi-fonts$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-twm" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-twm$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "libxml2-devel" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^libxml2-devel$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-libs-data" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-libs-data$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false

There are multiple versions of "XFree86-truetype-fonts" in your system.

This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
you may remove that warning by setting the following
option in your configuration file:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^XFree86-truetype-fonts$"; };

To disable these warnings completely set:

RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warn
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As I have done before, I used "$rpm -q <package> " to determine the older version, then "$rpm -e <package.older-version>" to remove the older one. I'm not sure what happened, maybe I restarted my box before the new packages were actually installed. When I did restart, I could only log on in a command prompt. I ran "$redhat-config-xfree86" and received the following error...
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Error generated when I ran redhat-config-xfree86

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 171, in start_x_server
(server, tmp_config) = fork_off_server(xconfig)
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 164, in fork_off_server
os.execv(args[0], args)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
Trying with card: Intel 845
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 171, in start_x_server
(server, tmp_config) = fork_off_server(xconfig)
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 164, in fork_off_server
os.execv(args[0], args)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Error, cannot start X server.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 171, in start_x_server
(server, tmp_config) = fork_off_server(xconfig)
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 164, in fork_off_server
os.execv(args[0], args)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
Trying with card: Intel 845
Error, cannot start X server.
Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
Trying with card: Intel 845
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 171, in start_x_server
(server, tmp_config) = fork_off_server(xconfig)
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 164, in fork_off_server
os.execv(args[0], args)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Error, cannot start X server.
Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
Trying with card: Intel 845
Error, cannot start X server.

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I used apt-get update and install to try to reinstall the packages that I had removed. That didn't work either.

I have also enclosed the .xsession-errors file...
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.xsession-errors documentation

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "root"
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6444

(evolution-alarm-notify:6572): GConf-CRITICAL **: file gconf-value.c: line 863 (gconf_value_get_int): assertion `value->type == GCONF_VALUE_INT' failed

** (gedit:6574): CRITICAL **: file bonobo-mdi.c: line 2330 (bonobo_mdi_set_restoring_state): assertion `priv->restoring_state && restoring_state' failed
Error: permissions error in pam_timestamp_check

** (gedit:6574): CRITICAL **: file bonobo-mdi.c: line 2330 (bonobo_mdi_set_restoring_state): assertion `priv->restoring_state && restoring_state' failed

(synaptic:6731): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1827 (gtk_widget_hide): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

** (nautilus:6560): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:6560): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:6560): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:6560): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

Thanks for any assistance!
Bryan

jon-do · 03-17-2004, 04:32 PM

This is what I will do if I was in your shoes

Assuming you still have the packages you installed in your apt cache, I will login as root as the command line and enter this command

# apt-get -V --reinstall install /var/cache/apt/archives/*.rpm

to reinstall all the packages again. I am assuming what happened was since you were in X, and you were upgrading X, X was confused in the process.

I just had the same problem and this solved it

Let me know if it works

bpatters · 03-17-2004, 06:57 PM

You rock!!!
I did your rpm entry and I was able to get KDE to come up. I had to reinstall a few other packages to get Gnome working again, but all of my settings were still intact. I never would have gotten that far without your help!!!

Thanks!
Bryan

jon-do · 03-18-2004, 07:56 AM

Glad to see it worked