Dear debian-x hackers! I know that this is no support list but as described on the mailing-list page it is "intended for those who deal with the source code" So maybe I'm not completely wrong. Some apps like konqueror, mozilla, gnome-termial completely mess up my screen and sometimes even my root window. After recompiling glib, libgtk (with dpkg - tools) the situation didn't improve so the bloody beginner I am (not much beyond ./configure;make;make install) I tried to apt-get -b source xfree86. Now after the fifth try I'm close to giving up and doing a complete install from scratch - except if you could give me a hint based on this output: Somwhere in the middle I saw this: (don't know if it helps, i must admit that I didn't watch the whole make process ;-) + install -c -m 0444 '#tmp.21923' +/var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man3/GLwMDrawingArea.3x strip: debian/xlibs-dev/usr/X11R6/lib/st6ZbmNw: Invalid operation dh_strip: command returned error code make: *** [debian/stampdir/binary-arch] Error 1 testsrv:/var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3# libICE.so.6 bash: libICE.so.6: command not found testsrv:/var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3# + rm -f libSM.so.6 this is how it ends: # compare manifests (cd debian/tmp && find -type f | sort | cut -c3-) > debian/MANIFEST.i386.new # confirm that the installed file list has not changed # remove initial test once we have MANIFESTs for every arch [ -e debian/MANIFEST.i386 ] && if ! cmp -s debian/MANIFEST.i386 debian/MANIFEST.i386.new; then diff -u -0 debian/MANIFEST.i386 debian/MANIFEST.i386.new; echo 'MANIFEST check failed; please see debian/README' >&2; exit 1; fi touch debian/stampdir/install dh_testdir dh_testroot #dh_movefiles is not idempotent for PACKAGE in $(dh_listpackages); do \ for FILELIST in debian/$PACKAGE.files; do \ if [ -f $FILELIST.i386 ]; then \ FILELIST=$FILELIST.i386; \ fi; \ if [ -f $FILELIST ]; then \ for FILE in $(cat $FILELIST); do \ if [ -L /var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3/debian/tmp/$FILE ]; then \ echo $FILE is a symlink pointing to $(readlink $FILE)\; put it in $PAC KAGE.links instead >&2; \ exit 1; \ fi; \ install -m 755 -d $(dirname debian/$PACKAGE/$FILE); \ cp -f /var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3/debian/tmp/$FILE debian/$PACKAGE/$FILE; \ done; \ fi; \ done; \ done # copy debugging targets so they don't get stripped for PACKAGE in $(dh_listpackages); do \ for DEBUGFILELIST in debian/$PACKAGE.debugfiles; do \ if [ -f $DEBUGFILELIST.i386 ]; then \ DEBUGFILELIST=$DEBUGFILELIST.i386; \ fi; \ if [ -f $DEBUGFILELIST ]; then \ cat $DEBUGFILELIST | while read SOURCE DEST; do \ install -m 755 -d $(dirname debian/$PACKAGE/$DEST); \ cp -f /var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3/debian/tmp/$SOURCE debian/$PACKAGE/$DEST; \ done; \ fi; \ done; \ done dh_installdebconf dh_installdirs dh_installdocs dh_installexamples dh_installmenu dh_installpam dh_installinit --noscripts dh_undocumented dh_installchangelogs dh_strip -Nlibdps1-dbg -Nlibxaw6-dbg -Nlibxaw7-dbg -Nxlibmesa3-dbg -Nxlibosmesa3-dbg -Nxlibs-dbg strip: debian/xlibs-dev/usr/X11R6/lib/styYGy5i: Invalid operation dh_strip: command returned error code make: *** [debian/stampdir/binary-arch] Error 1 testsrv:/var/cache/apt/source/xfree86-4.0.3# best regards Robert ps: i have an nvidia tnt card on the i386 platform ------------------------------------------------- Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]