On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:40:48 -0500 Leonid Isaev <lisaev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 23:52:05 +0100 > "P .NIKOLIC" <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi . > > > > I have just run pacman -Suy rebooted the system and found i could > > not start X getting the error message > > /usr/bin/X: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: > > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory .. > > > > Someone has suggested the fixed version of X but it is not showing > > up having done a "pacman -Syyu no fix i have had to use the dodge > > suggested on the arch linux bbs of > > > > ln -s /usr/lib/libudev.so.1.0.1 /usr/lib/libudev.so.0 > > > > > > Yes i know it is not strictly speaking the correct thing > > Not only is it not correct, it is plain stupid. > > > BUT it got the > > system working again what i want to know is which mirror is likely > > to have the fixed version of X on it i can the get back to standard > > system . > > First, your /usr/bin/Xorg has been linked against an old libudev, so > creating a symlink to a new library will inevitably cause breakage. I > suggest reverting all changes while you can. Second, X is not a > critical package and you shouldn't mess with udev just because X > fails to launch. > > Regarging working versions, xorg-server 1.12.2 and systemd-tools > 184-2 work together just fine. > > Regarding mirrors, kernel.org and rutgers.edu are the ones which I use > interchangeably since ~2009. > > > > > Oh i also noitced that the systemd-udev update has messed the PA > > sound system up > > > > Pete . > > > > > > > Since you seem to be in snotty mode that i neither asked for nor required. if the mirrors were up to date then this sort of thing would not happen , So Needs must , I update this machine everyday for several days i have been told nothing to do when i run "pacman -Syu" so maybe there is a mirrors problem sorry but not my department. If there is new stuff out there and it dont hit the UK mirrors i am in the UK why should i use German mirrors . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.3.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 22 00:26:26 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
