----- Forwarded message from John Gay <johngay@eircom.net> ----- From: John Gay <johngay@eircom.net> To: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> Subject: Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: nonexistent Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:46:04 +0100 Message-Id: <E17SRAd-0008SN-00@master.debian.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=4.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,URI_IS_POUND version=2.31 On Wed 10 Jul 2002 22:51, you wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:23:31PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > > I believe I've seen this mentioned here before, but After attempting to > > update xbase-clients, I get this: > > > > Setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16) ... > > Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: > > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jun 18 14:28 /usr > > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 4 20:06 /usr/X11R6 > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Jul 10 20:07 /usr/X11R6/lib > > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:16 > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: nonexistent > > ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit symbolic link does not exist. Either the > > package didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg > > failed to > > unpack it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg). > > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > > dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > xbase-clients > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Thanks for the report. We need a little more information: > > * We need /var/cache/apt/archive/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_*.deb. I.e., the > file apt downloaded. Please do not email it, but put it up on the web > somewhere and provide us with a URL. > > * The output of the following 3 commands: > + grep xinit /var/lib/dpkg/*.list debian:/home/johngay# grep xinit /var/lib/dpkg/*.list grep: /var/lib/dpkg/*.list: No such file or directory debian:/home/johngay# ls /var/lib/dpkg/ alternatives diversions methlock status available diversions-old methods status-old available-old info statoverride updates cmethopt lock statoverride-old > + ls -l /etc/X11 debian:/home/johngay# ls -l /etc/X11 total 204 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 3 01:04 X -> /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14437 Jun 22 23:47 XF86Config -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 13146 Jul 9 18:19 XF86Config-4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14437 Jun 23 00:00 XF86Config-4.debconf-backup -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3363 Jun 23 00:00 XF86Config-4.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14437 Jun 23 00:20 XF86Config-4~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14872 Mar 26 20:39 XF86Config.bad -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1298 May 21 01:33 XftConfig -r--r--r-- 1 root root 510 Jun 16 04:40 XftConfig.dpkg-dist drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:06 Xresources -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2508 Jun 16 04:45 Xsession drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:06 Xsession.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217 Oct 25 2001 Xsession.options -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Jun 22 22:02 Xwrapper.config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 Mar 3 01:01 Xwrapper.config.debconf-backup drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:07 app-defaults -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Mar 3 00:41 default-display-manager drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Mar 10 03:09 fonts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 22:04 fs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 12 23:36 gdm -> ../gdm drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 3 00:36 ja_JP.eucJP drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 3 00:36 ko_KR.eucKR drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:39 lbxproxy drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 22:59 proxymngr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17371 Oct 25 2001 rgb.txt drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:06 rstart drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 21:28 twm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Jun 13 23:23 xawtvrc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:00 xdm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 10 21:28 xfce drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 13 18:09 xinit drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:16 xkb drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:38 xserver drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:05 xsm debian:/home/johngay# > + ls -l /usr/X11/lib/X11 debian:/home/johngay# ls -l /usr/X11/lib/X11 ls: /usr/X11/lib/X11: No such file or directory debian:/home/johngay# ls -l /usr/X11R6/ bin include lib man share debian:/home/johngay# ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ total 208 drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 1 00:24 AcceleratedX -r--r--r-- 1 root root 54413 Jun 22 23:38 Cards -r--r--r-- 1 root root 10731 Jun 22 23:38 Options -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34077 Jun 16 04:41 XErrorDB -r--r--r-- 1 root root 15964 Jun 22 23:38 XF86Config.98 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 18724 Jun 22 23:38 XF86Config.eg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6386 Jun 16 04:41 XKeysymDB lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 22 22:53 XftConfig -> ../../../../etc/X11/XftConfig lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Mar 3 00:23 app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 2 00:52 bindings drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Jul 10 20:06 config drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:38 doc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 23:38 etc drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Mar 3 22:08 fonts lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jun 22 23:02 fs -> ../../../../etc/X11/fs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 12 23:39 gv lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jun 22 23:39 lbxproxy -> ../../../../etc/X11/lbxproxy drwxr-xr-x 49 root root 4096 Jul 10 20:06 locale lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 22 22:59 proxymngr -> ../../../../etc/X11/proxymngr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 10 20:06 rgb.txt -> /etc/X11/rgb.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 10 20:06 rstart -> /etc/X11/rstart lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jun 22 22:59 twm -> ../../../../etc/X11/twm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 22:59 x11perfcomp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jun 22 23:00 xdm -> ../../../../etc/X11/xdm drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 3 22:04 xedit lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 10 20:06 xkb -> /etc/X11/xkb -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8305 Jun 22 23:03 xman.help lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 22 23:38 xserver -> ../../../../etc/X11/xserver debian:/home/johngay# > > * What was the previous version (if any) of xbase-clients that you were > upgrading from? Was this a new install? Was there any output from > xbase-clients *before* the 'Setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16)' > message? Hard to say what the previous version was. The last stable debian X I had installed was 3.6.x series since the 4.1.x stuff refused to configure on my GVX1 card. After this I compiled and installed X4.2.0 from source and just used make install to install it. This worked, but I had to use the text-mode xf86config because the GUI xf86cfg would lock-up. I even applied a patch from Sven to fix an rgb buffer problem. So, you can see why it's hard to say which is on my system. I since re-installed your x-window-system, but I had xbase-clients and others on hold at the time. This only came up when I did an apt-get --ignore-hold dist-upgrade. I'll put the .deb up on my web site at: homepage.eircom.net/~johngay/xbase-clients_4.2.0-0pre1v1_i386.deb I hope that this works for you. I really don't want to go changing the page just to put a link on it for this. I'm sure it's probably something simple, but for the moment it's keeping me from completing my latest dist-upgrade. Cheers, John Gay ----- End forwarded message ----- -- G. Branden Robinson | "There is no gravity in space." Debian GNU/Linux | "Then how could astronauts walk branden@debian.org | around on the Moon?" http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | "Because they wore heavy boots."
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