HELP!!! dpkg messed up X11 (?)
Need Your Help:
I was downloading some packages from "stable" so that
I could try to build a custom kernel. While I was
downloading and installing (with dpkg), I got bored
and wanted to play maelstrom - but mealstrom refused
to start, same for xtetris. Then dpkg reported it was
having problems installing packages. Now,
I cannot even start X - after logging in via xdm I
simply get back the xdm login screen.
Luckily, I saved some of the error messages before everything came
down:
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# xman&
[2] 1429
# xman: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6'
[2]+ Exit 16 xman
$ xtetris&
[4] 1359
$ xtetris: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6'
[4]+ Exit 16 xtetris
# find / -name libXaw.so.*
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6.1
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ maelstrom&
[5] 1363
$ maelstrom: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
[5]+ Exit 16 maelstrom
# find / -name libXpm.so*
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# dpkg -i tcl76_7.6p2-4.deb
(Reading database ... 13814 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tcl76 7.6p2-4 (using tcl76_7.6p2-4.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tcl76 ...
Setting up tcl76 (7.6p2-4) ...
Checking available versions of tclsh, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving tclsh (/usr/bin/tclsh) pointing to /usr/bin/tclsh7.6.
Leaving tclsh.1 (/usr/man/man1/tclsh.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/tclsh7.6.1.gz.
/sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat
(No such file or directory), skipping
/sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or
directory), skipping
/sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or
directory), skipping
# ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/usr
ls: /usr/X11R6/lib/usr: No such file or directory
# ls -l /usr/lib/libc.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 25 19:59 /usr/lib/libc.so
-> /lib/libc.so.5.4.20
# ls -l /usr/lib/libm.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 25 19:59 /usr/lib/libm.so
-> /lib/libm.so.5.0.7
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I think the whole mess started when dpkg aborted the
installation of some libc5 package -
any help and suggestions are very welcome - until this
is fixed I'll be reduced to Windows 95 (arrrg)!
Reto
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