Bug#487633: marked as done (GL screensavers are no longer starting after recent update of xserver-xorg-core)
Your message dated Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:28:28 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#487633: Found probably the reason for the problem
has caused the Debian Bug report #487633,
regarding GL screensavers are no longer starting after recent update of xserver-xorg-core
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Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:1.4.1~git20080517-1~lenny1
Severity: normal
After the recent update (Jun. 22, 2008) of xserver-xorg-core I got a black screen if I
try to start or configure one of the GL screensavers, regardless if I try it from the
KDE configuration panel or the ScreenSaver Preferences.
KDE just gave a blank screen without error message, ScreenSaver Preferences report "Not
Installed".
I could not solve the problem downgrading to the previous version of xserver-xorg-core,
the problem still exist after it. I had to restore a partition image. I set the
package currently on hold.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdrm2 2.3.0-4 Userspace interface to kernel DRM
ii libfontenc1 1:1.0.4-3 X11 font encoding library
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library
ii libhal1 0.5.11-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii libpixman-1-0 0.10.0-2 pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-3 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxfont1 1:1.3.2-1 X11 font rasterisation library
ii x11-common 1:7.3+10 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10 the X.Org X server
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-core recommends:
ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-5 standard fonts for X
ii xkb-data 1.3-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
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Martin Schnitkemper wrote:
> It seems to be a conflict to installed files of the nVidia driver.
>
> I had installed the current version NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.05 and after a
> sanity test it reports:
>
> | WARNING: Your driver installation has been altered since it was initially
> | installed;
> | ERROR: File '/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so' is not a symbolic
> | link.
>
> After re-installing the nVidia driver I got the GL screensavers back.
>
> Examined in a next step the
> folder '/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so' before and after the
> driver installation.
>
> Before:
> ~~~~~~
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 429042 21. Jun 23:48 libglx.so
> | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1269664 16. Jun 11:23 libglx.so.173.14.05
>
> After:
> ~~~~~
> | lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 25. Jun 08:50 libglx.so ->
> | libglx.so.173.14.05
> | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1269664 25. Jun 08:50 libglx.so.173.14.05
>
> So it seems that the installation of the latest xserver-xorg-core has
> overwritten the link with a same named file, the previous link is brooken now
> to the nVidia driver and the GL screensavers (and maybe other GL-related
> things too) are no longer working.
>
This is caused by the nvidia binary driver not being nice with Debian.
It should use dpkg-divert to make xserver-xorg-core aware that one of
its files (libglx.so) has been replaced. Unless it does so,
xserver-xorg-core cannot know that somebody touched this file.
Brice
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