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#1 2004-08-05 22:32:03

traster
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Registered: 2004-08-05
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after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

hello
sorry i'm german
i type in console pacman -Syu then he tell me to update one file i type yes
after i reboot and start x as user kde dont work any more
it starts then tell me a error with ksplash signal 11 and i dont can use the task menu any more
if i click on it then it go away and nothing happens
i can only klick at buttons on desktop (i have ther mozilla start icon thats why i can now type here)
can some one help ?
i have a problem with startx before with last update but i find the error
i install the nvidia driver new because some of the libs updatet but now it dosent work
i cant use my kde anymore
plz help
mfg traster

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#2 2004-08-05 23:22:17

Win
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

Hi traster.

I'm seeing exactly the same issue.  I just upgraded to pacman 2.8.3-1 and when I restarted KDE after a shutdown and reboot, I experienced exactly the same behavior.

I'll look to see if I can fix this or find suggestions in other forums here.

Regards,

Win

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#3 2004-08-05 23:31:28

traster
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

oh thx some one has same error then me (puh)
i read right if you find to fix problem you write here again ?
sorry my eglish
traster

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#4 2004-08-06 00:14:35

Win
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

Hi traster.

I just downgraded to libpng to version 1.2.5-2.

I was able to find the package:

libpng-1.2.5-2.pkg.tar.gz

at the following site:

http://archlinux.antesis.org/0.7/os/i686/

After downloading this file, as root (or using sudo), run:

pacman -U libpng-1.2.5-2.pkg.tar.gz

Relogin using KDE and all should be right with your graphical world.

Please let me know if this works for you (or not).

Regards,

Win

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#5 2004-08-06 00:27:03

traster
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

hey win
many many many thanks
now it works fine how before !
but i have now a asks
when i type now pacman -Suy for update my system then he will upgrade the new lib
have i ever now read and type no for this file ?
and why you know the answer  for the problem ?
i can only say thanks again for the fast and nice help from you
wfg traster

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#6 2004-08-06 01:35:29

Win
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

Hi traster.

First: reply 'n' to the question about upgrading to libpng:

Targets: libpng-1.2.6rc1-1

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] n

Second: I searched the Arch Linux Forums for problems with KSplash and KDE and I ran across some references to the qt and libpng libraries. I remembered that I had recently upgraded the libpng library (after upgrading pacman); and that this was a likely culprit. There were a few other applications also upgraded, but they were not libraries and therefore lesser candidates:

cvsup
mozilla-firefox
mozilla-thunderbird
k3b

These were my secondary candidates.

So ...

I re-installed the qt library since this was a relatively riskless operation. This had no effect on KDE.

I downgraded to libpng 1.2.5-2 (the previous version) and "upgrade".

Bingo! KDE worked.

Following the KISS principle, I stopped while I was ahead.

This wasn't scientific or especially particularly disciplined, but tracking recent upgrades and a little snooping did the trick.

Regards,

Win

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#7 2004-08-06 06:19:11

dpb
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Registered: 2004-04-11
Posts: 231

Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

traster wrote:

when i type now pacman -Suy for update my system then he will upgrade the new lib
have i ever now read and type no for this file ?

You can add the following line in your /etc/pacman.conf and it wont upgrade it.

IgnorePkg = libpng

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#8 2004-08-06 10:09:44

lanrat
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Registered: 2003-10-28
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

For me upgrading with latest pacman -Syu (downgrade actually) to libpng 1.2.5-3 fixed psi segfaults too (run within xfce4 though).

BTW you should really have better reasons for putting something into ignorepkg. Fixing a package and/or reporting a bug is better option. And thanks to new pacman option we can easly downgrade too.

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#9 2004-08-06 13:24:45

dpb
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

lanrat wrote:

And thanks to new pacman option we can easly downgrade too.

We can?  :shock:
/me goes read the manpage...

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#10 2004-08-07 15:07:27

lanrat
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Registered: 2003-10-28
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Re: after update with pacman -Suy i cant start x/kde anymore

Well, I mean if package maintainer releases version lower than previously installed, pacman accepts forced downgrade. Not that you can install any version you want :-) At least not with pacman. ABS + arch cvs is helpful when you want to downgrade a package only by yourself.

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