RE: Help! Red Carpet Nuked My System
Mark Gordon <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.ximian.user |
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| Organization | Ximian, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
"unstable" and "-devel" are apples and oranges. "unstable" packages are bleeding edge, not necessarily tested, likely to be broken in some regard. "-devel" packages provide header files, static libraries, and other such files needed for compiling software using the libraries in question. While most users don't need "-devel" packages, it doesn't make a system any less stable (though it can complicate upgrades in some cases). -Mark Gordon On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 17:38, L. Clayton Parker wrote: > I just posted a warning about installing -devel packages a few weeks ago. > The primary culprit seemed to be libsoup-devel, but there may have been > others. I was able to use the original Rec Carpet tar download and force > overwrite to replace the bad stuff. I then re-ran Red Carpet with the > options for downloading development software turned off. > > You need to remove all of those -devel packages if you can. Assuming that > yuo are successful in that, change your Red Carpet settings to not download > development packages. > > L. Parker > > > It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed. > The hands acquire trembling. > The trembling becomes a warning. > It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion. > -- Frank Herbert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Glen Baker > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Users] Help! Red Carpet Nuked My System > > > Sigh...I just updated my system using red carpet and now I'm toast. > Evolution won't start up and when I killed/restarted X I discovered that I > can't even get xd2 to startup! > > Here are some details: > > When I try to login using the Ximian Desktop I get the following message: > > "Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds....." (a bunch of stuff > deleted) > > If I view the details (~/.xsession-errors) I get: > > /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 44: [: too many arguments > /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 46: [: too many arguments > /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 48: [: too many arguments > > SESSION_MANAGER=local/janus:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2711 > startgnome: relocation error: /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0: undefined symbol: > g_value_take_object > > > Looks like somehow libbonobo got corrupted. Here's what rug tells me was > installed: > > > Date | Action | Package | Version > -----------+---------+-------------------------+-------------------------- > 2004-03-02 | install | libgtkhtml3.0_4 | 2004-02-28, 07:59 > 2004-03-02 | install | libgal2.0_6 | 2004-02-28, 07:59 > 2004-03-02 | upgrade | mod_python | 3.0.1-4 > 2004-03-02 | upgrade | libsoup | 2004-02-28, 07:59 > 2004-03-02 | upgrade | gtkhtml3.0 | 2004-02-28, 07:59 > 2004-03-02 | upgrade | evolution | 2004-02-28, 07:59 > 2004-03-04 | upgrade | libsoup | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | upgrade | libgtkhtml3.0_4 | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | upgrade | libgal2.0_6 | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | upgrade | gtkhtml3.0 | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | upgrade | evolution | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | install | evolution-pilot | 2004-03-04, 07:44 > 2004-03-04 | install | gnome-pilot-conduits | 1:2.0.10-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-04 | install | gnome-pilot-applet | 1:2.0.10-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-04 | install | jpilot | 0.99.2-11 > 2004-03-12 | install | ORBit-devel | 1:0.5.17-7.ximian.6.4 > 2004-03-12 | install | gnome-libs-devel | 1:1.4.2-0.ximian.6.8 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | sysstat | 4.0.7-4.rhl9.1 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | libsoup | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | libgtkhtml3.0_4 | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | libgal2.0_6 | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | kdelibs-devel | 6:3.1-13 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | kdelibs | 6:3.1-13 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | gtkhtml3.0 | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | gdk-pixbuf-gnome | 1:0.22.0-6.1.0 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | gdk-pixbuf-devel | 1:0.22.0-6.1.0 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | gdk-pixbuf | 1:0.22.0-6.1.0 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | evolution-pilot | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-12 | upgrade | evolution | 2004-03-12, 07:57 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | pwlib | 1.5.2-0.ximian.6.4 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | openssl096b | 0.9.6b-15 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | openssl096 | 0.9.6-25.9 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | openssl-perl | 0.9.7a-20.2 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | openssl-devel | 0.9.7a-20.2 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | openssl | 0.9.7a-20.2 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | mozilla-psm | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | mozilla-nss | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | mozilla-nspr | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | mozilla | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | libsoup | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | libgtkhtml3.0_4 | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | libgal2.0_6 | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | gtkhtml3.0 | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | grep | 2.5.1-7.8 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | gedit | 1:2.2.2-0.ximian.6.4 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | gdm | 1:2.4.1.6-0.ximian.6.5 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | galeon | 1.3.7-0.ximian.6.2.4 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | gaim | 1:0.75-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | evolution-pilot | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-29 | upgrade | evolution | 2004-03-17, 08:02 > 2004-03-30 | install | pango-devel | 1.2.5-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | mozilla-nss-devel | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | mozilla-nspr-devel | 37:1.4.2-0.9.0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libxml2-python | 2.5.11-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | libxml2-devel | 2.5.11-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libxml2 | 2.5.11-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | libsoup-devel | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgnomeui-devel | 2.2.2-0.ximian.6.3 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgnomeprintui22-devel | 2.3.0-0.ximian.6.15 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgnomeprint22-devel | 2.3.0.cvs.9-0.ximian.6.3 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgnomecanvas-devel | 2.2.1-0.ximian.6.3 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgnome-devel | 2.2.3-0.ximian.6.4 > 2004-03-30 | install | libglade2-devel | 2.0.1-3.ximian.6.8 > 2004-03-30 | install | libgal2.0-devel | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | install | libbonoboui-devel | 2.5.1-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libbonoboui | 2.5.1-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | libbonobo-devel | 2.5.1-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libbonobo | 2.5.1-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | libart_lgpl-devel | 2.3.13-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | gtkhtml3.0-devel | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | install | gtk2-devel | 2.2.4-0.ximian.6.2 > 2004-03-30 | install | gnome-vfs2-devel | 2.2.5-0.ximian.6.14 > 2004-03-30 | install | gnome-pilot-devel | 1:2.0.10-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | GConf2-devel | 2.2.1-0.ximian.6.1 > 2004-03-30 | install | atk-devel | 1.2.4-0.ximian.6.4 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libsoup | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libgtkhtml3.0_4 | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | libgal2.0_6 | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | gtkhtml3.0 | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | evolution-pilot | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > 2004-03-30 | upgrade | evolution | 2004-03-30, 07:55 > > Any clues for how I can recover??? > > Thanks, > > ..glen (stuck in windows hell until I can fix this) > > _______________________________________________ > Users maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/users