On Sunday 01 of January 2017 06:13:30 Michele Calgaro wrote:
> On 2017/01/01 05:50 AM, 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.
>
> Hi there,
> when binutils is updated, it is necessary to rebuild (or use a rebuilt
> version of) "dependencies/libr". Without doing so, trying to update
> binutils will raise a conflict with tdelibs which in turns brings up a
> long list of packages that needs to be "removed". After rebuilding and
> installing the new libr, binutils can be updated without problem.
>
> for those using TDE on Sid/stretch you have two choices:
> 1) if you are building TDE yuorselves, just rebuild and install libr
> 2) if you are using preliminary stable builds from Slavek's repo, wait
> until libr is rebuilt and then update binutils at the same time.
>
> After doing all that, I think you will not run into the issue mentioned
> by McCarty. If you do so, just rebuild and reinstall tdelibs as well
> from CLI.
> Just for info, from time to time I run into the same issue (last time
> was a few weeks ago) and rebuilding as described has always fixed the
> problem so far (I think libr is enough, but since I do not remember
> 100% I also recommended tdelibs is the problem persists).
>
>
> Cheers
>   Michele

I can confirm that the rebuild 'libr' is sufficient. Previously it was 
dependent on binutils also tdebase == was necessary to rebuild tdebase. 
However, for R14.0.x this is no longer valid.

I try to update 'libr' in preliminary stable builds repository as soon as 
I notice a change binutils in the Debian repository. However, then it is 
essential that users have properly updated lists from preliminary stable 
builds repository. Without that, it just can not work smoothly.

Cheers
-- 
Sl�vek