Re: [gentoo-user] failed to startx with xorg-server 1.5.1, complaining "undefined symbol: PictureScreenPrivateIndex"

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 14 October 2008 15:33:54 Weifeng Liu wrote:
> Hi,
> I couldn't start my XWindow after doing a "emerge --update --deep --newuse
> world" on my gentoo vm. It just complained "undefined symbol:
> PictureScreenPrivateIndex" and it appeared my old xorg-server 1.4.x didn't
> have such a problem.
>
> Here is the startx log.
>
> vm-gentoo ~ # startx
> xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.11982
>
> X.Org X Server 1.5.1
> Release Date: 23 September 2008
>
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 i686
> Current Operating System: Linux vm-gentoo 2.6.26-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Wed Oct
> 15 03:51:20 CST 2008 i686
> Build Date: 14 October 2008  07:52:53AM
>
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 15 05:18:25 2008
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vmware_drv.so: undefined symbol:
> PictureScreenPrivateIndex
> (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vmware_drv.so
> (EE) Failed to load module "vmware" (loader failed, 7)

did you forget to rebuild the vmware drivers after you rebuilt the X-Server?

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