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Dai_trying

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Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

I am using the development version for testing and using newer versions of packages and have today installed updates (110, it's been a little while) I am now faced with the problem of not being able to log-in to the system, the error box that displays says

There was an error setting up inter-process communications for TDE. The message returned by the system was:

Could not read network connection list.
/home/dai/.DCOPserver_q4osscorpion_0

Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!

Everything was working before the updates, and I have not changed any system settings from installation.
I have mounted the scorpion partition from an Orion installation and cannot see the file "/home/dai/.DCOPserver_q4osscorpion_0" although I'm guessing this might be created at boot time so wouldn't necessarily be available when not running.

Any help appreciated.

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

You could try to remove '/var/tmp/tdecache*' folders and login again.

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Thanks team, I tried that but no luck, last time this happened I had to re-install, probably have to do it again I guess...

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Just done a fresh install (using scorpion 64bit live-cd ) and ran apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade and now have exactly the same problem and cannot log-in to the system!!! I cannot say which update has caused this as there were about 350 of them.

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Just done a virtualbox install and after installation I installed the vbox addons as prompted and the system is now showing the same error message, and I have not even got as far as doing updates! this has got to be a major bug! I now cannot get scorpion installed and working at all.
I will try the 32 bit iso and see if that has the same results.

In the mean-time is anyone else having these issues? and are there many of you trying scorpion?

EDIT:
I have tries the 32bit iso in a virtualbox anf the result is exactly the same as the 64bit iso...

Last edited by Dai_trying (2016-07-10 22:47)

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

We can confirm, any Scorpion installation suffers from this bug. The new release 2.1.2 and a fix will be released in 2 weeks.

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Thanks guys, looking forward to it

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

The bug is now fixed. System update will work correctly for both, new installations and current systems. Update in terminal:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Thanks guys,
    I did have a problem getting virtual-box to correctly install the 32bit iso, but it could be a hardware problem my end as it seems to be a graphic issue, so will test it properly when I have more time.

EDIT:
I had the same issue with two desktop pc's and virtual-box until I realized I should use failsafe, after that everything worked fine. Again thank you guys

EDIT 2:
When installing to virtual-box DO NOT INSTALL GUEST ADDITIONS UNTIL YOU HAVE RUN THE DIST-UPGRADE! otherwise you will face the same issue. I would think that this will not be an issue with the next iso release (2.1.2?), but in the mean-time update the (2.1.1) system before adding guest additions.

Last edited by Dai_trying (2016-07-18 20:13)

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

This problem has arisen again after installing the 4.8 kernel (among many [60 ish] other updates too).

q4osteam

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

The issue is now fixed, 'update && dist-upgrade' will do the job.

Dai_trying

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Re: Q4OS Scorpion boot issue after updates

Great job guys Thank you, I'm posting from Scorpion already