Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25:16 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >> Florian Kulzer wrote: >>> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 16:03:33 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >>>> Xorg stopped working after a recent dist-upgrade of Lenny (Testing). The >>>> problem >>>> seems to be that the package xserver-xorg-core will not install. dpkg is >>>> unable >>>> to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so'. > > [ snip: We verified that there is enough space on left on the root > partition. /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so does not exist so far; I am > not sure if that is OK. (I suspected some problem with attributes > making it impossible to overwrite the file.) ] > > Just to be on the safe side: Check with "mount" if your root partition > is mounted rw.
Permissions of root partition (/dev/hda11) look OK: # mount /dev/hda11 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda7 on /home/chris/multimedia type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,errors=remount-ro) /dev/hdb7 on /mnt/bkpb2 type ext3 (rw) > > I think the next thing to check is the status of the file in the .deb; > what do you get with: > > dpkg-deb -c > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb | > grep libwfb > The file .deb file exists in the cache: # ls /var/cache/apt/archives | grep xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb The file libwfb.so in the .deb seems OK: # dpkg-deb -c /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080 0517-1_i386.deb | grep libwfb -rw-r--r-- root/root 199392 2008-05-18 12:55 ./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so During install, aptitude reports this error: Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-core ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.4.1~git20080517-1_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create `./usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so': No such file or directory dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) The old version I am trying to upgrade is xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg. The /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ directory is currently owner root and group root with permissions drwxr-xr-x and does not contain any existing file libfbw.so. I cannot find a copy of the xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg deb to check whether libfbw.so should exist in the old version. However, it does not exist in Etch. I can't see any other obvious reason why libfbw.so won't be installed. This Lenny partition is a "spare" installation I have on the same disc as my everyday Etch installation. I am happy to experiment a bit. Perhaps, if all else fails, I should completely uninstall xorg? What's the best way to do this? Best regards, -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
