I am running Kubuntu, which is the KDE version of Ubuntu, a debian based Linux.
I upgraded (from breezy to dapper) using the standard Debian tools (apt-get).
After doing so, I get the following error messages when I run gtk applications:
~ [1] gedit
gedit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol:
g_object_compat_control
~ [2] evince
evince: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol:
g_object_compat_control
I've done Web searches and I have tried a number of things, but none of them
fix this problem.
Is this the right list on which to ask this question? It seems Gtk related.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
I've attached some notes on some of the things that I have tried, just in case
they offer a clue.
Thanks for help.
Dave
Some additional notes follow:
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When running gtk applications, for example gedit, I get the
following message::
gedit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0:
undefined symbol: g_object_compat_control
This means, apparently, that every gtk application on my system is
broken. Examples: gedit, firefox, realplay, epiphany, evince,
SciTE,
This symbol seems to be defined in libgobject-2.0.a. I ran::
$ nm -A --defined-only lib* | grep g_object_compat_control | less
and saw the following::
libgobject-2.0.a:gobject.o:000036fe T g_object_compat_control
the "T" means "The symbol is in the text (code) section."
Then, to find out what package libgobject-2.0.a is in, I did the
following::
$ dpkg -S libgobject-2.0.a
which displayed::
libglib2.0-dev: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.a
So, I did::
$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install libglib2.0-dev
But, for example, gedit still does not work.
Next, I did the following:
1. Retrieved a new, fresh /etc/apt/sources.list from
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1090438
2. Did another update/upgrade::
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
But, gedit, for example, still produces the same error message.
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