I had the identical systems. Logging in on a text console (alt-ctl-F1, then log in), and examining the file .gnome-errors in my home directory, I found that gnome was complaining about not being able to find a certain shared library file. (Can't remember the name--something with pixbuf in it somewhere.) I did dpkg -S <name of the file it couldn't find>, it turned out that file was provided by a package that it claimed was installed (can't remember the name of the package, either, sorry). But the file didn't seem to be there. So, I apt-get remove'd that package (in the process, it ended up removing a large chunk of my gnome installation I think), then apt-get install'ed task-helix-gnome. All is now well. Don't ask me....---Bruce Fields
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Ross Boylan wrote: > I just did an apt-get upgrade, my first in about 10 days. I'm now > unable to log in (except if I set my GDM session to Debian, which is > how I got on to send this message). > > My system is potato with a little woody to support GNOME. I use Helix > gnome. After the upgrade the system locked up and started > beeping--this seems to be standard when updating sawfish. > Unfortunately, when I restarted I had the problem described above. > When I enter a user name and password the login screen disappears, and > the monitor makes a click as if resyncing. The login screen then > comes back on. > > I'd appreciate any advice on where to look for the source of the > problem. > > Thanks. > > System info: > Linux wheat 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown > > Here's the start of the upgrade session, and then my apt.sources: > > Script started on Tue Dec 12 01:03:09 2000 > wheat:/usr/local/rootlog# date > Tue Dec 12 01:03:11 PST 2000 > wheat:/usr/local/rootlog# apt-get -qu upgrade > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following packages have been kept back > gnome-core gnome-help gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session > gnome-terminal libgnomeprint11 > The following packages will be upgraded > cpp-doc cron dnsutils ed elvis-tiny gcc-doc gnome-bin gnome-control-center > gnome-dev-doc gnome-faq gnome-help-data gnome-libs-data gs libart-dev > libart2 libcapplet0 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgnome-dev libgnome32 libgnomesupport0 > libgnomeui32 libgnorba-dev libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 libgtkxmhtml1 > libncurses5 libncurses5-dev liborbit-dev liborbit0 libpanel-applet0 > libreadlineg2 librep9 libzvt2 modutils ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term > netscape-base-4 netscape-base-4-libc5 orbit rep rep-gtk rstart rstartd > sawfish sawfish-gnome sgml-tools ssh ssh-askpass-gnome xbase-clients xext > xf86setup xfree86-common xfs xlib6 xlib6g xlib6g-dev xmms xnest xproxy xprt > xserver-common xserver-svga xserver-vga16 xsm xterm xvfb > 67 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. > Need to get 24.9MB of archives. After unpacking 945kB will be used. > > > [Nothing unusual in the rest of the log] > > [sources.list] > deb-src cdrom:[Debian beta #2 bf 2.2.3]/ Debian/dists/potato/main/source/ > deb cdrom:[Debian beta #2 bf 2.2.3]/ Debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/ > deb cdrom:[Debian beta #2 bf 2.2.3]/ Debian/dists/potato/non-free/binary-i386/ > deb cdrom:[beta Debian 2.2.3]/ Debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/ > deb file:/ms/k/download/debian potato main > #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ potato/non-US main non-free contrib > #deb http://security.debian.org potato updates > > # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ potato/non-US main non-free contrib > > #Helix > deb file:/usr/local/download/Helix woody main > deb-src file:/usr/local/download/Helix woody main > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main > deb-src http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main >
