[SOLVED] Missing file after upgrading to latest version of "X"

W4LK · 07-16-2014, 02:35 PM

After upgrading current to the latest X version, I cannot start X. The error message dialog is :

xshmfence.so.1: cannot open shared object file:No such file or directory

xinit: giving up

xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

xinit: server error
I am using a Nvidia 32 bit proprietary driver. It recompiled with no problem.

Any ideas where to look first?

urulab · 07-16-2014, 02:52 PM

ChangeLog on current:

Tue Jul 15 23:53:10 UTC 2014
x/libxshmfence-1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Added.

sudo slackpkg install libxshmfence

regards --cesar

tty13 · 07-16-2014, 02:55 PM

redundant

W4LK · 07-16-2014, 03:09 PM

Thanks. That did the job. In fact, I had several other new packages that I never installed.
I'll know next time!

lanir · 07-16-2014, 03:29 PM

Before you update with a "slackpkg upgrade-all" you want to run "slackpkg install-new". This should check for the newly added packages so you don't get bit by this again.