On Wednesday 12 April 2006 19:41, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:01:19PM +0100, Bruno wrote: > > > Bruno wrote: > > > > Hello to All, > > > > > > > > still receive 'could not start kdeinit. please check your > > > > installation' when calling startx. > > > > Hi All, > > I have indeed the following error in .xsession-errors file: > > > > ... > > kdeinit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: > > FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden > > startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. > > ... > > well I'm using sid, so check your own stuff, but: > > apt-cache show kdebase-bin | grep Depends > > ... libxft2 (> 2.1.1) ... > > apt-cache policy libxft2 > > ... > Installed: 2.1.8.2-5.1 > ... > > so in my system it should work fine, what does yours say? > > IOW, looks like you've got a mismatched version. kde is trying to call > something form libxft and its not there. > > I think. > > my .02, ymmv etc. > > A >
libxft2 version 2.1.8.2-x seems buggy (see bug#353565) Installation of previous version 2.1.7-1 resolved the problem of 'could not start kdeinit'. Bye, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
