xfree86 cannot load windows after synaptic update
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... ____________________________________________________ **************************************************** 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$"; }; To disable these warnings completely set: RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warn ______________________________________________________ ****************************************************** As I have done before, I used "$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... ______________________________________________________ ****************************************************** 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. ______________________________________________________ ****************************************************** 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... ______________________________________________________ ****************************************************** .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 |
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 :D Let me know if it works |
I can see Gnomes(windows)!!!
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 |
Glad to see it worked :D
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