X won't run after I updated some libraries

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calebstein

So, I was trying to build LXDE from ports. It told me I needed an updated GTK+, so I went to update that. It told me I needed an updated atk, glib, png, and jpeg. I tried updating them with ports, but since older versions were already installed, it told me I needed to "make deinstall" and then "make install" them to update them. I did all that, and after I reboot, X won't run. I have KDE4 configured to run at startup, and when it tries to run, the screen just flashes for a minute, and it goes back to the command line, saying that the host was terminated unexpectedly. I tried running OpenBox, BlackBox, and FluxBox, and they all said that they could not be started on display 0. Then I tried running Gnome, and it just caused the screen to flash black and grey endlessly until I rebooted. What should I do to fix these issues?
 
Before you install new software: 1) update your ports tree 2) update your installed ports using ports-mgmt/portmaster or ports-mgmt/portupgrade.

In short: only install new ports if all of your installed ports are up-to-date. You're digging a hole for yourself waiting for ports to complain and then only trying to solve the complaints one by one.
 
I did update my ports tree before I started installing, though. Would running portsnap update count as updating the installed ports? Since I obviously did something horribly wrong, I need to know how to fix it.
 
No, portsnap updates the ports tree, NOT any installed ports. That's handled by specific tools like portmaster/portupgrade.
 
If portmaster/portupgrade manages to upgrade everything successfully AND you strictly adhere to the upgrade instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING, it may work. I can't promise that, because I don't know what your current problems are, and in what kind of disarray your ports are.
 
Does this help:
Code: 
Received unknown or unexpected command -2 from greeter
Abnormal termination of greeter for display :0, code 1, signal 0
 
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