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07-29-2006, 12:07 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,420
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Swaret broke X11, not getting 'Could Not Start kdeinit' error
Updated some files via Swaret, and I knew there was trouble when I went to start Firefox, and it wouldn't start.
I rebooted, and tried to start X, and I got the following error:
Code:
could not start kdeinit
I tried to rebuild the X11 file with xorgconfig, but X still won't start.
Any ideas on how I can rollback to the older version of x11 via Swaret ?
thanks
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07-29-2006, 02:06 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: In my house.
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.10 64bit, Slackware 13.1 64-bit
Posts: 2,649
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JockVSJock
Updated some files via Swaret,
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I am not very surprised.
If you do a search on this forum, you will find it is rife with
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I updated Slackware with (insert program name here), and now (insert package name here) will not work...
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Before 'updating' ANYTHING, you must read the changelogs for it.
As for how to roll it back, there is a rollback feature in swaret. Read it's documentation.
To return to the previous setup, however, you may have to reinstall X from the cds. Read/search this forum for how to 'fix a broken install after using swaret'.
Search first.
Read next.
Check the changelogs.
Then, if you feel you can handle it, use your 'update' tools.
I'm really not trying to be a smarty pants about it, but a quick forum search of 'swaret' would reveal all the info you needed, without posting.
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07-29-2006, 02:54 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,420
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cwwilson721
I'm really not trying to be a smarty pants about it, but a quick forum search of 'swaret' would reveal all the info you needed, without posting.
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I knew I would be scolded for this. But in the interest of time, swaret is one of the best options I have to manage Slackware packages.
thanks
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07-29-2006, 04:36 PM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: uk
Distribution: slackware current
Posts: 770
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I just did an upgrade of 11X and kde with swaret, all ok except it said fontconfig was missing.
I installed fontconfig-2.2.3-i486-1
and all was well.
Of course this may not be your problem, but I thought I would mention it in case.
(It puzzled me, as I thought I already had fontconfig)
tobyl
edit: then I read the changelog :-)
fontconfig and freetype have been taken out of 11X (I already had my own separate freetype package)
Last edited by tobyl; 07-30-2006 at 04:31 AM.
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07-31-2006, 10:10 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,420
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tobyl
I just did an upgrade of 11X and kde with swaret, all ok except it said fontconfig was missing.
I installed fontconfig-2.2.3-i486-1
and all was well.
Of course this may not be your problem, but I thought I would mention it in case.
(It puzzled me, as I thought I already had fontconfig)
tobyl
edit: then I read the changelog :-)
fontconfig and freetype have been taken out of 11X (I already had my own separate freetype package)
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Ok...so I got 'lucky.'
I did
swaret --dep x11
and it took care of everything, and I was able to restart X with no troubles/worries.
AND, this is the second time I have been burned by swaret, and each time it has been x11, I've never had any other problems with programs.
Anyways, I promise to start to read the changelogs or if I don't understand what the hell it is going to change, then post here first.
thanks again everyone...
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