Bug#353565 (was: Re: Could not start kdeinit ... again !)

["Bruno" <cob1@biz.tiscali.be>]

From	"Andrew Sackville-West" andrew@farwestbilliards.com

To	debian-user@lists.debian.org

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Date	Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:41:19 -0700

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Re: Could not start kdeinit ... again !

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:01:19PM +0100, Bruno wrote:

> > > Bruno wrote:

> > > > Hello to All,

> > > >

> > > > still receive 'could not start kdeinit. please check your installation' when

> > > > calling startx.

> > >

> > >

> >

> > Hi All,

> > I have indeed the following error in .xsession-errors file:

> >

> > ...

> > kdeinit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:

> > FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden

> > startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.

> > ...

>

> well I'm using sid, so check your own stuff, but:

>

> apt-cache show kdebase-bin | grep Depends

>

> ... libxft2 (> 2.1.1) ...

>

> apt-cache policy libxft2

>

> ...

> Installed: 2.1.8.2-5.1

> ...

>

> so in my system it should work fine, what does yours say?

>

> IOW, looks like you've got a mismatched version. kde is trying to call

> something form libxft and its not there.

>

> I think.

>

> my .02, ymmv etc.

>

> A

>

> >

> > Thanks for any clue

> > Bye,

> > Bruno

> >

> >

> >

>

 

Worth to mention that a bug is already open at Debian:

Bug#353565: fails to start kdeinit, missing symbol in libXft

 

Bye,

Bruno