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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to startx with xorg-server 1.5.1, complaining "undefined symbol: PictureScreenPrivateIndex"
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:37
Message-Id: 200810141544.06592.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] failed to startx with xorg-server 1.5.1, complaining "undefined symbol: PictureScreenPrivateIndex" by Weifeng Liu
1 On Tuesday 14 October 2008 15:33:54 Weifeng Liu wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > I couldn't start my XWindow after doing a "emerge --update --deep --newuse
4 > world" on my gentoo vm. It just complained "undefined symbol:
5 > PictureScreenPrivateIndex" and it appeared my old xorg-server 1.4.x didn't
6 > have such a problem.
7 >
8 > Here is the startx log.
9 >
10 > vm-gentoo ~ # startx
11 > xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.11982
12 >
13 > X.Org X Server 1.5.1
14 > Release Date: 23 September 2008
15 >
16 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
17 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 i686
18 > Current Operating System: Linux vm-gentoo 2.6.26-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Wed Oct
19 > 15 03:51:20 CST 2008 i686
20 > Build Date: 14 October 2008 07:52:53AM
21 >
22 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
23 > to make sure that you have the latest version.
24 > Module Loader present
25 > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
26 > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
27 > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
28 > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 15 05:18:25 2008
29 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
30 > dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vmware_drv.so: undefined symbol:
31 > PictureScreenPrivateIndex
32 > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vmware_drv.so
33 > (EE) Failed to load module "vmware" (loader failed, 7)
34
35 did you forget to rebuild the vmware drivers after you rebuilt the X-Server?
36
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38 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com