Re: libXfont.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Init_FreeType

[gustavo halperin <ggh.develop@gmail.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 01:48:36 +0300, gustavo halperin wrote:
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > After upgrade to Debian release 4.0 I suffer some problems, the big one is 
> > that the connection to X server be come lost if I call to: Eterm or to xpdf 
> > or to ida.
> > The are no message in no place, the only message I get is from the tty1 
> > from where I start the X (startx). Below I attach the message:
> >
> >    /usr/bin/X11/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1: 
> > undefined symbol:    FT_Init_FreeType
> >    Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server 
> > shutdown).
> >    xterm:  fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
> >    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> >    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> >    xinit:  connection to X server lost.
> >    [27226] SessionExit already in progress ... now exiting
> >    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> >     
>
>   
Below I paste the answers, thank you

> What is the output of these commands:
>
> X -version
>   
~ : X -version
X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux pr100 2.6.19.1 #10 SMP Thu Jan 11 
03:38:04 IST 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
       Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
       to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
> file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1
>   
~ : file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1: symbolic link to `libXfont.so.1.5'
~ : file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.5
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.5: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 
80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
> dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1
>   
~ : dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1 not found.
~ : dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so 
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so not found.
~ : dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont  
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont not found.
~ : dpkg -S libXfont
libxfont-dev: /usr/lib/libXfont.a
libxfontcache1: /usr/lib/libXfontcache.so.1.0.0
libxfont-dev: /usr/lib/libXfont.so
libxfont1: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1.4.1
libxfont1: /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1
libxfontcache1: /usr/lib/libXfontcache.so.1
> apt-cache policy libxfont1
>   
~ : apt-cache policy libxfont1
libxfont1:
 Installed: 1:1.2.2-2
 Candidate: 1:1.2.2-2
 Version table:
*** 1:1.2.2-2 0
       500 http://ftp.br.debian.org stable/main Packages
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status