On Saturday 31 of December 2016 21:50:44 L.S. McCarty wrote: > Hello to all. > > I'm a long-time TDE user running TDE 14.0.4 amd64 on Debian 9.x Stretch > (unstable, actually Siduction, using systemd). It works well, although I > occasionally run into minor issues that I eventually solve. It is after > all "unstable". > > Over the last few weeks a problem remains, binutils_2.27-9_amd64.deb > works fine, but several updates of this program which can be loaded by > itself, most recently binutils_2.27.90.201612331-1_amd64.deb, all render > the system unbootable. > > The boot cycle proceeds from sda1 without any errors but the tdm signon > comes up with a black background rather the normal blue TDE one. When I > logon I get an error message and TDE does not load, showing a problem > with my home partition on sda5: > > Could not read connection list > /home/lsm1/.DCOPserver_LSM1_0 > Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running > > When I hit Enter I then get: > > Could not start tdeinit, Check your installation. > > > This problem is specific to TDE as I can still load the backup desktop > LXQT by the usual logon from the TDE signon box. > > When I boot to the console and downgrade to binutils_2.27-9_amd64.deb > everything works as usual on the reboot. > > > If anyone has any possible solutions I'd be happy to try them out and > report back. If you want to use TDE on Stretch or Sid it is a good choice to use Preliminary Stable Builds repository: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Preliminary_Stable_Builds For Stretch (binutils 2.27.90.20161220) and Sid (binutils 2.27.90.20161231) is updated today. Cheers -- Slávek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
