Re: Xorg broken in Lenny
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25:16 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 16:03:33 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
> >> Xorg stopped working after a recent dist-upgrade of Lenny (Testing). The problem
> >> seems to be that the package xserver-xorg-core will not install. dpkg is unable
> >> to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so'. This does not seem to be mentioned
> >> in any bug reports. Here is some of the output:
> >>
> >> # aptitude install xserver-xorg-core
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Writing extended state information... Done
> >> Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
> >
> > Are you working in a chroot environment?
>
> No - I'm not using chroot.
Then I am not sure what to make of this openpty failure. I only see this
message when I use aptitude in a chroot and there it seems to be
harmless.
> >> (Reading database ... 115963 files and directories currently installed.)
> >> Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12 (using
> >> .../xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb) ...
> >> Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-core ...
> >> dpkg: error processing
> >> /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb
> >> (--unpack):
> >> unable to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so': No such file or directory
> >> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
[ snip: We verified that there is enough space on left on the root
partition. /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so does not exist so far; I am
not sure if that is OK. (I suspected some problem with attributes
making it impossible to overwrite the file.) ]
Just to be on the safe side: Check with "mount" if your root partition
is mounted rw.
I think the next thing to check is the status of the file in the .deb;
what do you get with:
dpkg-deb -c /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb | grep libwfb
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