Unable to startx after upgrading glibc.

Blizzard Wolf · 2004-08-04 01:34:47

I wasn't sure where to put this, the situation is a bit grim though...espiecialyl since I cannot startx.

Here's the story.

I was busy attempting to wine this old Encarta 2000 CD, and install it, it crashes.

I then update using Pacman -Syu, and it installs the new glibc, strangely, it installs a bit slower then usual.

So I edit my .xinitrc to go to gnome-session after I log out of KDE.

It just so happens that after I type startx, my screen goes black and then shows up the dead pixel, which I can tell the monitor is displaying something, and it doesn't seem to load X for a couple of minutes. So I kill X, doesn't work. I then Press Alt F4, which doesn't turn up anything. But at an angle, I can see the virtual console.

I replicate this about severel times by using KDE, and it still doesn't work. I tried fluxbox, and the other Window Managers I had.

Yes, there was output after I go to the virtual consoles, but that was only because I exited into a new virtual console, if you want me to make sure, I'll write it down and post it.

On another topic earlier, which has glibc break pacman, I downloaded the newer, but it doesn't seem to work on the extras, but that's another story.

Anyway, anyone have any ideas? I miss KDE/GNOME! :evil:

sarah31 · 2004-08-04 01:48:39

hmmm.... i had to rebuild pacman (2.8.2-2) was not out yet. then i had to rebuild xorg.

i also reinstalled my nvidia drivers though i don't know if that was necessary.

EDIT: so you know it takes twice as long for my box to boot now after this upgrade.

Blizzard Wolf · 2004-08-04 01:54:03

It takes twice as long to boot the kernel or to boot a desktop enviroment/the X server?

dk · 2004-08-04 03:35:01

I just had the same problem. I was able to get X to start [ with nvidia]
by commenting out GLX in /etc/X11/XF86config

#   Load     "glx"

sarah31 · 2004-08-04 03:37:22

Blizzard Wolf wrote:

It takes twice as long to boot the kernel or to boot a desktop enviroment/the X server?

Just booting. Starting X takes longer too but not as long as a full boot does..

It is not a big deal though as I don't boot that much.

Blizzard Wolf · 2004-08-04 03:48:24

Thanks DK! I got Linux working, I couldn't stand using Windows as a regular desktop for a day.

And I can't sleep with my computer on, as it is a gaming computer, and the CPU fan sounds like a vacuum.

Blizzard Wolf · 2004-08-04 03:50:38

Now my only gripe is I can't open OpenGL based applications, grrr...why does this always happen to me!!!

Xentac · 2004-08-04 04:05:59

Well, now that you've disabled opengl, that sort of makes sense...

Try recompiling the nvidia drivers.

dk · 2004-08-04 04:27:59

Thanks Xentac for the real fix. Recompiling nvidia.

I did it the sissy way pacman -S nvidia

tmadhavan · 2004-08-04 08:11:30

Erm I've had the same error, I think.

Upgraded glibc last night, turned off me comp, and now X and Pacman are screwed...??

Pacman just gives errors

getservbyname: no such file or direectory

so I can't reinstall Nvidia etc atm. If I do startx, I lost Terminal 7, and all the others go really faint and I can't see what I'm doing.

Any ideas? Kinda desperate, my box is dead atm

T

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Just trying to manually upgrade pacman atm...

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Mindaugas · 2004-08-04 09:27:33

I have the same problem.

# Load "glx"

fix for a while

What to do now?

Mr Green · 2004-08-04 12:54:32

Well......

You need to recompile nvidia drivers...(if using them)

Then remove uncomment Load "glx"

Not sure about xorg system is running again now thanks to Knoppix.....

Blizzard Wolf · 2004-08-04 15:44:19

I reinstalled it last night, seems to work, I install my drivers the old fashioned way. I tried out Tux Racer and it works just like usual.

dp · 2004-08-04 15:56:16

just for me to make sure i understand:
after the glibc update, nvidia and pacman were broken - right?

(i had to rebuild pacman, but with xorg i had no issues, but i dont use nvidia but radeon)

dk · 2004-08-04 16:28:30

dp wrote:

after the glibc update, nvidia and pacman were broken - right?

Well with me pacman ask to update itself before continuing. So I had
no problems with pacman. After that the glibc update broke nvidia.

sarah31 · 2004-08-04 16:52:26

dp wrote:

just for me to make sure i understand:
after the glibc update, nvidia and pacman were broken - right?

pacman is statically linked so it needed to be recompiled with the glibc in use. if not it does not werk

dp · 2004-08-04 17:20:41

ok, thx

galen · 2004-08-05 03:21:09

another reason to have glibc 2.3.3 in something other than CURRENT

see also bug report
http://www.archlinux.org/phpbt/index.ph … ls&id=1227

tpowa · 2004-08-05 07:39:43

i didn't have any problem with nvidia drivers
nor xorg
hope it stays this way :-)

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