KDE won't start after apt-get upgrade

[syngin]

Is this a bug with the kernal or should it be fixed in the next version of knoppix. ie. 4.0.3?

[Harry Kuhman]

Is this a bug with the kernal or should it be fixed in the next version of knoppix. ie. 4.0.3?

If a Knoppix CD breaks when you use it to scrape ice off of your windshild, is it a software error or was the media made wrong?

I believe the answer to your question may turn out to be neither. This does not seem to be a kernel issue, and the Knoppix disc works as intended, as a live disc.

[adriang]

This was also discussed on the kanotix forum. The fix was:
apt-get install x11-common
ln -fs /etc/init.d/x11-common /etc/rcS.d/S70x11-common

and make sure the chown and chmod commands are correct:
#grep ICE_DIR /etc/init.d/x11-common

ICE_DIR=/tmp/.ICE-unix
#log_begin_msg "Setting up ICE socket directory $ICE_DIR..."
echo -n "Setting up ICE socket directory $ICE_DIR..."
if [ -e $ICE_DIR ] && [ ! -d $ICE_DIR ]; then
mv $ICE_DIR $ICE_DIR.$$
mkdir -p $ICE_DIR
chown 0:0 $ICE_DIR
chmod 1777 $ICE_DIR
do_restorecon $ICE_DIR

Thank you Markus for reply.

I did

apt-get install -s x11-common

to simulate and it want to remove the xfree86-common package. Is this ok for Knoppix 3.8.2?

[Markus]

Probably it can be removed

~$ apt-cache show xfree86-common
Package: xfree86-common
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 360
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Source: xorg-x11
Version: 6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-1
Depends: x11-common
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg-x11/xfree86-common_6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-1_all.deb
Size: 186014
MD5sum: c0c9ee33afd2102ebbf9571999371a37
Description: X Window System infrastructure transitional package
 This package smooths upgrades from Debian 3.1 by depending on x11-common.
 This transitional package is only depended upon by packages that install
 files into /usr/X11R6 but have not yet corrected their dependencies.

I use xorg though and have these:

ii  x11-common                      6.8.2.dfsg.1-9                  X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
ii  xfree86-common                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-9                  X Window System infrastructure transitional package
ii  xserver-common                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-9                  files and utilities common to all X servers

So they can both be installed. Which version of xfree86-common do you have and which version of x11-common did you try to install?

[adriang]

when I run apt-cache I get several packages and versions:

xfree86-common 6.8.99.801.dfsg.1-1
xfree86-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9
xfree86-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7
xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 (conflicts xbase)
xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 (conflicts xbase)
xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 (conflicts xbase)

something seems to be wrong with my system.

[Markus]

Which xserver do you have installed? dpkg -l |grep xserver

[adriang]

I have:

ii  xserver-common                4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1
ii  xserver-xfree86               4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1
ii  xserver-common-v3             3.3.6-44

What do you recommend me?

[Markus]

That xserver-xfree86 is from stable. Problem is that x11-common doesn't exist on the same version. Do you have x11-common installed and it just wanted to upgrade it? In that case you would only need to symlink: ln -fs /etc/init.d/x11-common /etc/rcS.d/S70x11-common
If the package is missing now, either you can add the following lines to the end of /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
chmod 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix
chown 0:0 /tmp/.ICE-unix

or you could dist-upgrade again and choose xorg as xserver since that's what debian is going towards. Note that this might well need some tinkering to get running again.

If you want my recommendation though, install debian with http://www.debianpure.com/

[adriang]

I'll go for the variant with /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

Thanks alot for your help Markus.