On 9/14/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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:
> > 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
Thanks kindly for all the careful attention that you lavished on this
problem, Andrew.
I have learned much about X installs and troubleshooting and tweaking
the current xorg, and that's worth as much to me as simply getting it
to work.
And if I stumble across a fix, I'll report it to the list.
Gordon
>
> >
> > 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
> >
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