Startx - won't, after an upgrade!

[peddlerp]

I'll bet one of you guys/gals can solve this problem in 10 or 12 keystrokes.

I just updated the repositories and downloaded 80ish files.  They all installed and then I did a reboot.

On the boot, the PCLINOS 2013 screen comes up, then the load / boot OS screen, followed by a new (to me) screen "Welcome to localhost.localdomain, a white panel asking for a login.  After a login as root, the cursor shows as a timeclock, and there are two terminal panels for root&localhost - one in the upper left the other in the center left.

Startx
xauth: file /root/.serverauth.2929 does not exist

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
          If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-locl and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://pclinuxos.com for help.

xinit: connection to X server lost



 
Hopefully I typed that without any typo's

I have tried to change the video board configuration and drivers (Nividia GeForce 7050 nforce 630a. No joy!

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help?

Pete

[JohnW_57]

You can try to reset your xorg.conf file.

[root@username ~]# rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
rm: remove regular file `/etc/X11/xorg.conf'? y
[root@username ~]# XFdrake --auto
[root@username ~]# startx

JohnW

[peddlerp]

John:

Thanks for the attempt.  after StartX, I received the exact same error with the addition of:

XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
        after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

[JohnW_57]

Root to su
su-> password -> enter

then type: XFdrake
search for a xorg driver
you have to select: nouveau

then reboot your system

post your the result.

JohnW

[peddlerp]

Task completed with same result.

I must point out that the file number [/root/.serverauth.2976] changs 2931, 2955, 2976, - however the error stays the same.

Thanks

[peddlerp]

John, et-al:

I'm wondering if there is another approach to solving this problem. 

I have complete CLI access to my system from 2 terminals on the screen.  Is there some way that I can reverse the Synaptic update from the CLI?  I thought I might get lucky with Apt-Get, however it has no idea about the changes Synaptic made.

Thanks

Pete

[Just17]

apt-get install kdm

might get you going again.

I wonder about the state of the upgrade though .....  if the OS was not updated for some time there will likely be more manual intervention needed.

[sling-shot]

Might also need ??
apt-get install task-kde4-minimal

[ghostbunny]

what desktop environment did you use before "X" didn't start?

[peddlerp]

apt-get install kdm

might get you going again.

I wonder about the state of the upgrade though .....  if the OS was not updated for some time there will likely be more manual intervention needed.

 

Missing dependencies:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed.  This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or that some of the repositories
in use are in an inconsistent state at the moment.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely
that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kdm:  Depends: libkfontinst.so.4
          Depends:  likfontinstui.so.4
E: Broken packages

[peddlerp]

what desktop environment did you use before "X" didn't start?

Trying to start KDE.
 

[Just17]

Did Synaptic produce any text in a window when it finished updating?
Do you recall what it said?

How long has it been since you updated fully?

Do you remember from what ISO (year-month) you installed the OS?

[peddlerp]

Did Synaptic produce any text in a window when it finished updating?

Yes.

Do you recall what it said?  Not specifically, typical log files loaded and deleted, I did not notice anything ominous.

How long has it been since you updated fully?

A couple of months at the most.  But this time I pointed at the new repositories.

Do you remember from what ISO (year-month) you installed the OS?

I believe my original install was from 2010.  I do know that I did a severe update/upgrade a few months back to 2012.

[Just17]

It seems you are missing a lot of KDE 

try

apt-get install kde-workspace-core

before installing KDM.

[peddlerp]

It seems you are missing a lot of KDE 

try

apt-get install kde-workspace-core

before installing KDM.

Pretty similiar response:

Depends: kdelibs
Depends: kde-runtime (>= 4.9.5)
Depends: libkactivities.so.6
Depends: libkdeclarative.so.5