From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 14:02:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 485CE16A46C for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:02:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFED213C4D1 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:02:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 10294 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2007 00:02:18 +1000 Received: from 203-217-73-78.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.73.78) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Jun 2007 00:02:18 +1000 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:02:13 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "dhaneshk k" Message-ID: <20070608000213.12c91bdf@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <46661626.3000307@u.washington.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: anton.galitch@gmail.com, youshi10@u.washington.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem compiling xorg 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:02:19 -0000 On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:56:39 +0000 "dhaneshk k" wrote: > I have done a portupgrade of xorg in my freebsd6.1 box > > this box was working fine with gnome2.18 for the last 3 months ,but now for > building OpenOffice in this box ,its needed to do a portupgrade of xorg , so > I followed as per /usr/ports/UPDATING , > > but doing this a power failure occurs and system restarted before its > completion while doing portupgrade -a -x 'gstreamer*', > > > but after restart I cant get the desktop its showing > gdm_server_spawn:xserver not found > just now it happened , how can I retrive my Desktop environment ? can you figure out what packagages (if any) are missing? can you reinstall them from packages? You may just go ahead and finish the whole upgrade process in text mode. I'm sure someone else will have a cleverer way to solve this :) _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.