Re: Can't get a GUI window to open up.

On 10/25/2011 11:57 PM, David Guntner wrote:

> I'm not sure if this was just a fluke of timing, but I did see the
> following in the syslog once I selected the logout option to return to
> the shell:
>
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13126]: segfault at 7f5471ee22b0 ip 00007f5471ee22b0 sp 00007fffb47d9bd8 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7f5471edc000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13182]: segfault at 7f608ff5f2b0 ip 00007f608ff5f2b0 sp 00007fff44487fa8 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7f608ff59000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13127]: segfault at 7fa731de02b0 ip 00007fa731de02b0 sp 00007fffff308278 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7fa731dda000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13156]: segfault at 7fd27fac62b0 ip 00007fd27fac62b0 sp 00007ffff6844fd8 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7fd27fac0000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13128]: segfault at 7f7a02f7d2b0 ip 00007f7a02f7d2b0 sp 00007fff68ce3308 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7f7a02f77000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13129]: segfault at 7f7800b992b0 ip 00007f7800b992b0 sp 00007fff32e2b1a8 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7f7800b93000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:06 janet kernel: akonadi_agent_l[13200]: segfault at 7f21dd4402b0 ip 00007f21dd4402b0 sp 00007fff71f29518 error 15 in libstdc++.so.6.0.16[7f21dd43a000+8000]
>> Oct 25 20:53:13 janet mdkapplet[13085]: Received SIGHUP (probably an upgrade has finished), restarting applet.
>
> So, the big question becomes:  If I can startx into the GUI, *why* can't
> I set my system to run level 5 without the X desktop error messages in
> the log (and a lack of a sign-on window when nobody is logged in)....?

libstdc++.so.6.0.16 is a standard (critical) library.  The
segfault indicates something is out of kilter.  It could be you 
do not have the latest version of libstdc++ (not likely) or that 
there is a piece of code lying around that expects the old version.

If the new version of libstdc++ was recently installed, you may 
need to logout out of the desktop and back in, or maybe log out 
and in as you/user, or possibly reboot to get the new version 
fully integrated.  If the problem is old cruft lying around, you 
may need a new version of something, or need to get rid of tmp 
files, or maybe need to remove old config files with something like
rm -rf $HOME/.kde4
and let the system create them anew.

Cheers!

jim b.

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