Heads up warning for libxfont1 (in quantal)

[kubicle]

libxfont1 upgrade for quantal seems broken, X won't start with version 1:1.4.5-1 (at least on my machine)

Workaround: downgrade to version 1:1.4.4-1.

[vinnywright]

I just did the upgrade by changing the sources.list on my testing 12.04 partition to read quantal..............29 packages and none were the libxfont1

The following NEW packages will be installed:
libwebp2
The following packages have been kept back:
libpurple0
The following packages will be upgraded:
c2esp gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg libaacs0 libcdaudio1 libdirac-encoder0 libfaad2 libmatroska5 libmms0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0
libmpg123-0 libofa0 libopencore-amrnb0 libopencore-amrwb0 libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libsidplay2 libsoundtouch0
libtextcat-data libtextcat0 libts-0.0-0 libvo-aacenc0 libvo-amrwbenc0 libxvidcore4 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mpg123 tsconf
28 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ dpkg-query -l libxfont1
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-================================================== ================
ii libxfont1 1:1.4.4-1 X11 font rasterisation library
vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$

I dont seem to be geting the version 1:1.4.5-1 yet ?

VINNY

[kubicle]

I dont seem to be geting the version 1:1.4.5-1 yet ?

All your upgrades seem to be coming from "universe" are you sure you have "main" also enabled for quantal?

[buzzmandt]

You should have more than that. I did clean install precise last night and dist-upgraded it to current. Then changed repos to QQ and had 240 updates and 15 new install packages. Check /etc/apt/sources.list that they all refer to quantal.

[vinnywright]

well I thought so ..............hear have a look and see what I may have done rong........

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Alpha amd64 (20111211)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Alpha amd64 (20111211)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise restricted main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise restricted main

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates restricted main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates restricted main

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports restricted universe multiverse main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports restricted universe multiverse main

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security restricted main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security restricted main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main


vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$

......................well .......I see my mistake now ....he he changing it as I type and re-dist-upgrading

VINNY

[vinnywright]

yes now I get 291 upgrades and X would not start..................

downgraded libxfont1 to the 1:1.4.4-1 and X is back .................typing this from Quantal now 8)

was their an easier way to do that than downloading the package from my 12.04 partition and copying it to my 12.10 partition then dpkg -i ing it from the TTY1 that 12.10 was dropping me to.......he he


VINNY

[kubicle]

was their an easier way to do that than downloading the package from my 12.04 partition and copying it to my 12.10 partition then dpkg -i ing it from the TTY1 that 12.10 was dropping me to.......he he

You can specify a version to install to apt-get:

sudo apt-get install libxfont1=1:1.4.4-1

(you'd have to re-enable precise repos, and run apt-get update first)

[vinnywright]

You can specify a version to install to apt-get:

(you'd have to re-enable precise repos, and run apt-get update first)

yes I did try that first (with Quanta repos )and got a not found error and thought to my self .....humm probably gotta go back to precise repos for that..........and seed aww heck with that and just did what I did..................and it worked ......thanks for the solution

VINNY

[kubicle]

The issue seems fixed with latest libxfont1 upload (1:1.4.5-2)