On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 05:07:17PM -0500, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > On 9/14/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 12:35:20PM -0500, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > > > are there any errors in ~/.xsession-errors? > > > > sh: /usr/bin/cpp: No such file or directory > > > apt-cache rdepends cpp > > shows, among other things, xbase-clients as depending on cpp. > > > > > > so long as you used an apt frontend to install the X stuff you should > > already have everything you need. But apparently you don't. > > > I don't see just the meta package - xorg, which you might want to > > install, to make sure you bring in all the dependencies. > > I did not install xorg package earlier - I began by installing > xserver-xorg-video-vesa, then added font and xterm packages. > Installed the xorg meta-pkg now using apt-get - it caught several > extraneous dependencies. > > The /usr/bin/cpp error message is gone. But other symptoms are > completely unchanged: black screen, totally blank, no cursor, etc.
Based on the info below, you should be working. I'm sorry, I don't
know what else to tell you. Oh, one mor thing -- try a different
client besides xterm -- anything will do.
sorry. I've exhausted my knowledge on this.
A
>
> Detail on the library cross-checks you suggested at bottom. It looks
> to my untrained eye as if all the library packages needed by
> xbase-clients are now installed.
>
> Is it a problem with the dependency checks, in your opinion, that
> "xorg" package is not listed as a dependency for xserver-xorg-core or
> its dependencies (as far as I can see)?
>
> Do you know the "standard" way to install X if one chooses not to
> check the box for "Desktop Environment" during installlation? I
> wasn't trying to cause problems, merely to install X (without having
> to eliminate an unwanted desktop later on). :-)
>
> gp
>
> =================================================
> Library cross-check detail:
>
> >
> > also look at:
> >
> > apt-cache depends xbase-clients | awk '/Depends/ { print $2 }' | xargs dpkg
> > -l
>
> superuser pan:/mnt/hda11/oldpan/home/gp $ apt-cache depends
> xbase-clients |awk '/Depends/ {print $2}'|xargs dpkg -l
>
> No packages found matching <libgl1>.
> (But: lists libgl1-mesa-gl below - I think it provides libgl1)
>
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13et GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library - runtime
> ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5+etch1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
> ii libfs6 1.0.0-4 X11 Font Services library
> ii libgl1-mesa-gl 6.5.1-0.6 A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- G
> ii libice6 1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
> ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
> ii libsm6 1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
> ii libx11-6 1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
> ii libxau6 1.0.1-2 X11 authorisation library
> ii libxaw7 1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
> ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library
> ii libxext6 1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension library
> ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing library for X
> ii libxi6 1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library
> ii libxkbfile1 1.0.3-2 X11 keyboard file manipulation library
> ii libxmu6 1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
> ii libxmuu1 1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility library
> ii libxrandr2 1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library
> ii libxrender1 0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client library
> ii libxss1 1.1.0-1 X11 Screen Saver extension library
> ii libxt6 1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
> ii libxtrap6 1.0.0-4 X11 event trapping extension library
> ii libxtst6 1.0.1-5 X11 Testing -- Resource extension library
> ii libxv1 1.0.2-1 X11 Video extension library
> ii libxxf86dga1 1.0.1-2 X11 Direct Graphics Access extension library
> ii libxxf86vm1 1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension library
> ii x11-common 7.1.0-19 X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
> ii zlib1g 1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
>
>
> >
> > and make sure its all 'ii' installed. note this is not a dependable
> > one-liner as the depends listing is not properly parsed by this, but
> > it helps anyway.
>
> I eliminated "libgl1" from the list produced above by "apt-cache
> depends xbase-clients" and checked against the list produced by
> apt-show-versions.
>
> It looks as if all those libraries are installed. It looks as if only
> "libgl1" was a complex dependency of xbase-clients. I used the other
> package names exactly as produced by the awk hack you suggested.
>
>
> Detail shown below.
>
> superuser pan:/mnt/hda11/sync/newpan $ apt-show-versions >apt-show-versions
>
> superuser pan:/mnt/hda11/sync/newpan $ for l in `cat
> xbase-clients_depends `;do if grep $l apt-show-versions; then echo "
> OK $l"; else echo "NOK $l";fi ;done
>
> libc6-i686/etch uptodate 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2
> libc6/etch uptodate 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2
> OK libc6
> libfontconfig1/etch uptodate 2.4.2-1.2
> OK libfontconfig1
> libfreetype6/etch uptodate 2.2.1-5+etch1
> OK libfreetype6
> libfs6/etch uptodate 2:1.0.0-4
> OK libfs6
> libgl1-mesa-glx/etch uptodate 6.5.1-0.6
> OK libgl1-mesa-glx
> libice6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-2
> OK libice6
> libpng12-0/etch uptodate 1.2.15~beta5-1
> OK libpng12-0
> libsm6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-3
> OK libsm6
> libx11-6/etch uptodate 2:1.0.3-7
> OK libx11-6
> libxau6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-2
> OK libxau6
> libxaw7/etch uptodate 1:1.0.2-4
> OK libxaw7
> libxcursor1/etch uptodate 1.1.7-4
> OK libxcursor1
> libxext6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-2
> OK libxext6
> libxft2/etch uptodate 2.1.8.2-8
> OK libxft2
> libxi6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-4
> OK libxi6
> libxkbfile1/etch uptodate 1:1.0.3-2
> OK libxkbfile1
> libxmu6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.2-2
> OK libxmu6
> libxmuu1/etch uptodate 1:1.0.2-2
> OK libxmuu1
> libxrandr2/etch uptodate 2:1.1.0.2-5
> OK libxrandr2
> libxrender1/etch uptodate 1:0.9.1-3
> OK libxrender1
> libxss1/etch uptodate 1:1.1.0-1
> OK libxss1
> libxt6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.2-2
> OK libxt6
> libxtrap6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.0-4
> OK libxtrap6
> libxtst6/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-5
> OK libxtst6
> libxv1/etch uptodate 1:1.0.2-1
> OK libxv1
> libxxf86dga1/etch uptodate 2:1.0.1-2
> OK libxxf86dga1
> libxxf86vm1/etch uptodate 1:1.0.1-2
> OK libxxf86vm1
> zlib1g/etch uptodate 1:1.2.3-13
> OK zlib1g
> x11-common/etch uptodate 1:7.1.0-19
> OK x11-common
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
--
current song: The Killers - Andy, You're a Star
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
