have beent trying to install BitTorrent on my Slackware system. Being not very proficient with linux, I am quite confused of what I am doing.
Slack has no RPMs or Debs as we all know, so all of the packages came from source. Basically I just follow what is written in the INSTALL.txt which is
configure-make-make install on most of them. Some of these packages has dependencies, and some of those dependencies also have dependencies. As I have said I am not yet proficient in using linux, but I am always trying.

What I did is I installed those dependencies of the dependencies, and the dependencies, then I got confused. There is some recursive error which happens randomly when I "make", and poor me not knowing what it means, just goes on and on with what I know to be correct.
So I installed and installed and I lost track of what is already there and what is not so I just installed and installed and uninstalled and installed again. Some of the packages compiled even if its dependency is not correctly installed.
I know that I did not do it correctly because there is a recursive error on compilation, and yet I installed the package.

As you can see I have messed up, losing track of the correct sequence of prerequisites.
Now my X won't run. I tried to "startx" as a normal user and it will show the Nvidia splash screen, then it will crash and return to CLI with this error message....



_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/meaty:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux meaty 2.4.31 #6 Sun Jun 5 19:04:47 PDT 2005 i686
Build Date: 11 September 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jun 3 20:18:08 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Agent pid 2365
which: no dbus-launch in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:.)
Fontconfig error: "conf.d", line 1: no element found

(xfce4-session:2368): Pango-CRITICAL **: _pango_engine_shape_shape: assertion `PANGO_IS_FONT (font)' failed

Pango-ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: (glyphs->num_glyphs > 0)
aborting...
/home/mrvahn/.xinitrc: line 79: 2368 Aborted $xfcesm
Agent pid 2365 killed

waiting for X server to shut down xscreensaver: 20:18:14: SIGHUP received: restarting...
xscreensaver: 20:18:14: initial effective uid/gid was mrvahn/shadow (1000/43)
xscreensaver: 20:18:14: running as mrvahn/users (1000/100)

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.



Can you guys give me a hint on how to fix this stuff. I am deciding to reformat and reinstall as a last option.
Still, I want to learn from my mistakes, not escape from it.
BTW I also tried to run X as root. It showed the XFCE desktop and it would hang, disabling me from doing any command, even shutting down X.

there is a package for bittorrent in /extra

if you upgraded to -current, you need to install
packages that have been added (ie pango)

And like others use .rpm, .deb , Slackware uses .tgz ! You can try on www.linuxpackages.net to find the prepacked bittorent, and read about it's dependencies (google or smth).
Looking at your error I might say you need to download PANGO FROM HERE and use the command: installpkg pango-1.12.3-i486-1.tgz . This could solve the issue. Good luck, and please answer back if it worked or not.

just another thought too, the ktorrent at linuxpackages.net works too. it really fits well into the kde layout/theme.

Thanks nykey, but it still won't work. Maybe there is some other
problem. I already tried to reconfigure X with xorgcongig, still no luck.


/usr/bin/xfce4-session: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_intern_static_string
Agent pid 2365 killed

waiting for X server to shut down xscreensaver: 10:02:27: SIGHUP received: restarting...
xscreensaver: 10:02:27: initial effective uid/gid was mrvahn/shadow (1000/43)
xscreensaver: 10:02:27: running as mrvahn/users (1000/100)

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.


xscrensaver? Hmmmm. Any hint?

remove all rpms you slapped onto the box, re-install slacks X-Packages.


Cheers,
Tink

That pango error is the same as I got from installing pango from current. Try removepkg it and reinstalling the one from 10.2

I'm not quite sure that pango from current is the problem, I have updated my 10.2 to current (pango included) and everything works just fine. I installed FULL 10.2 and used swaret to make a FULL upgrade to current then manually removed all that I don't need and it's running like the wind for me. You could try a full upgrade, maybe use swaret too .. it's more conveniable. And have you upgraded your X server to current ? Maybe these packages you install/upgraded lately need latest X (just a tought).

Ok i'll try that. Since my pango came from source I could not find it in the list of uninstallpkg so I think I'll just make uninstall. Hope this works. How would I update X without using swaret BTW?

I use slackpkg which comes with slackware. man slackpkg for info.

or you could manually do it by downloading the
/x folder from ftp and using upgradepkg...

pango is in section "L" of the slack cd's.

if you want to go and use slack current, use Alien Bob's script for 'rysnc' the direcotory. It will make cd's for you to install off of.

I'll try those if I got the time. School is eating up all my time dammit. LOL.