No login screen after splash

[Jeff Hsu]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Jeff Hsu <jeffhsu3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 07/18/2010 07:40 AM, Jeff Hsu wrote:
>>> Nothing loads when I do that.  To be fair though, I just tried to
>>> reinstall gnome-applets and this was a bad thing as it starts giving
>>> me errors in aptitude
>>
>> Please bottom post on this list - thanks :-)
>>
>> When in terminal mode try (in order):
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>> $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-panel
>> $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-panel-data
>> $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-applets
>> $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-applets-data
>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>>
>> Also check your .xsession-errors file for other clues:
>> $ cat ~/.xsession-errors |more
>>
>>
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>
> Hmmm the first errors I get are from the apt-get install -f step:
>
> Unpacking replacement gnome-applets
> dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 245
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-applets_2.30.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
>  subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 245
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 245
>
> This error occurs pretty much at each step down until at the last dpkg
> --configure -a step:
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  gnome-netstatus-applet
>  deskbar-applet
>  gnome-applets-data
>  gnome-panel-data
>  gnome-panel
>
> I also try to repair broken packages in recovery mode and I get the
> same "post-removal script returned error exit status 245"
>
> checking .xsession-errors the first error is after a new xsession:
> (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1564): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
> cannot register
>  existing type `_PolkitError'
>
> There seems to be a bug in launchpad about this, though no fix is
> known.  Another thing I do in common between installations is use
> google chrome.
>

Okay I fixed the problem.  I had installed zlib 1.2.5 from source
from: http://www.zlib.net/.  Once I sudo make uninstall from the zlib
source directory it fixed EVERYTHING from the dpkg errors to the
applet errors to the login.  I'm not sure why that could of caused so
many problems.