Hi. I was trying to uninstall some files as a sort of "spring cleaning", but it seems like I touched something I shouldn't have and can't figure out how to fix it.
I use Ubuntu Hardy (32-bit) and I cannot open GNOME (currently running KDE) and I get the following errors:
** Tried doing a dist-upgrade
Code:
jaco@Mickey:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
...
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Sources
Fetched 1B in 0s (1B/s)
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
** It aborted, so I ran a dpkg configure
Code:
jaco@Mickey:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
gnome-control-center depends on gnome-settings-daemon; however:
Package gnome-settings-daemon is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-extra:
libgnomevfs2-extra depends on libgnomevfs2-common (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
libgnomevfs2-extra depends on libgnomevfs2-common (<< 1:2.23); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-extra (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-0:
libgnomevfs2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-common (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
libgnomevfs2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-common (<< 1:2.23); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus:
nautilus depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtkhtml3.14-19:
libgtkhtml3.14-19 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtkhtml3.14-19 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support:
xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libedata-book1.2-2:
libedata-book1.2-2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libedata-book1.2-2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libedata-cal1.2-6:
libedata-cal1.2-6 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libedata-cal1.2-6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-vfs2.0-cil:
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-0:
libgnome2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-gnome:
policykit-gnome depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgdl-1-0:
libgdl-1-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgdl-1-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgdl-1-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2-extras:
python-gnome2-extras depends on libgdl-1-0; however:
Package libgdl-1-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-extras depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-extras depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gnome2-extras (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libbonoboui2-0:
libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libbonoboui2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2:
python-gnome2 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gnome2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2.0-cil:
libgnome2.0-cil depends on libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (>= 2.20.0); however:
Package libgnome-vfs2.0-cil is not configured yet.
libgnome2.0-cil depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2.0-cil (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgweather1:
libgweather1 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgweather1 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libexchange-storage1.2-3:
libexchange-storage1.2-3 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libexchange-storage1.2-3 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libexchange-storage1.2-3 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel:
gnome-panel depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.2-3); however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on libgweather1; however:
Package libgweather1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-panel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomeui-0:
libgnomeui-0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnomeui-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnomeui-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomeui-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libtotem-plparser10:
libtotem-plparser10 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libtotem-plparser10 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs:
gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-window-settings1:
libgnome-window-settings1 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome-window-settings1 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome-window-settings1 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome-window-settings1 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-window-settings1 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-perl:
libgnome2-perl depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.5.4); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome2-perl depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.8.0); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome2-perl depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.13.0); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome2-perl depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.13.92-0ubuntu4); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-perl (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libecal1.2-7:
libecal1.2-7 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libecal1.2-7 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libecal1.2-7 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libebook1.2-9:
libebook1.2-9 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libebook1.2-9 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libebook1.2-9 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution-data-server:
evolution-data-server depends on libebook1.2-9 (>= 2.22.2); however:
Package libebook1.2-9 is not configured yet.
evolution-data-server depends on libecal1.2-7 (>= 2.22.2); however:
Package libecal1.2-7 is not configured yet.
evolution-data-server depends on libedata-book1.2-2 (>= 2.22.2); however:
Package libedata-book1.2-2 is not configured yet.
evolution-data-server depends on libedata-cal1.2-6 (>= 2.22.2); however:
Package libedata-cal1.2-6 is not configured yet.
evolution-data-server depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
evolution-data-server depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing evolution-data-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpanel-applet2-0:
libpanel-applet2-0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libpanel-applet2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libpanel-applet2-0 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
libpanel-applet2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libpanel-applet2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgoffice-0-6:
libgoffice-0-6 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgoffice-0-6 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgoffice-0-6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-3.0-gnome-support:
firefox-3.0-gnome-support depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
firefox-3.0-gnome-support depends on xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support (>= 1.9~b4~); however:
Package xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.0-gnome-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-desktop-2:
libgnome-desktop-2 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome-desktop-2 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-desktop-2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gtkhtml3.14:
gtkhtml3.14 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
gtkhtml3.14 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gtkhtml3.14 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
gtkhtml3.14 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
gtkhtml3.14 depends on libgtkhtml3.14-19 (>= 3.18.2); however:
Package libgtkhtml3.14-19 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gtkhtml3.14 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2-desktop:
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libebook1.2-9 (>= 2.21.92); however:
Package libebook1.2-9 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libecal1.2-7 (>= 2.21.92); however:
Package libecal1.2-7 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 2.11.1); however:
Package libgnome-desktop-2 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libpanel-applet2-0 (>= 2.19.3); however:
Package libpanel-applet2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2-desktop depends on libtotem-plparser10 (>= 2.21.92); however:
Package libtotem-plparser10 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gnome2-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-vfs-perl:
libgnome2-vfs-perl depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-vfs-perl (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libeel2-2:
libeel2-2 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libeel2-2 depends on libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package libgnome-desktop-2 is not configured yet.
libeel2-2 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libeel2-2 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
libeel2-2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libeel2-2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of epiphany-gecko:
epiphany-gecko depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
epiphany-gecko depends on libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package libgnome-desktop-2 is not configured yet.
epiphany-gecko depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
epiphany-gecko depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
epiphany-gecko depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing epiphany-gecko (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libedataserverui1.2-8:
libedataserverui1.2-8 depends on libebook1.2-9 (>= 2.22.2); however:
Package libebook1.2-9 is not configured yet.
libedataserverui1.2-8 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libedataserverui1.2-8 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libslab0:
libslab0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libslab0 depends on libeel2-2 (>= 2.21.90); however:
Package libeel2-2 is not configured yet.
libslab0 depends on libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 2.11.1); however:
Package libgnome-desktop-2 is not configured yet.
libslab0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libslab0 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
libslab0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libslab0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-gnome-support:
firefox-gnome-support depends on firefox-3.0-gnome-support; however:
Package firefox-3.0-gnome-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-gnome-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of liblpint-bonobo0:
liblpint-bonobo0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
liblpint-bonobo0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing liblpint-bonobo0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-control-center
libgnomevfs2-extra
libgnomevfs2-0
nautilus
libgtkhtml3.14-19
xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support
libedata-book1.2-2
libedata-cal1.2-6
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
libgnome2-0
policykit-gnome
libgdl-1-0
python-gnome2-extras
libbonoboui2-0
python-gnome2
libgnome2.0-cil
libgweather1
libexchange-storage1.2-3
gnome-panel
libgnomeui-0
libtotem-plparser10
gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs
libgnome-window-settings1
libgnome2-perl
libecal1.2-7
libebook1.2-9
evolution-data-server
libpanel-applet2-0
libgoffice-0-6
firefox-3.0-gnome-support
libgnome-desktop-2
gtkhtml3.14
python-gnome2-desktop
libgnome2-vfs-perl
libeel2-2
epiphany-gecko
libedataserverui1.2-8
deskbar-applet
libcamel1.2-11
libgdl-gnome-1-0
libgsf-gnome-1-114
libslab0
firefox-gnome-support
liblpint-bonobo0
** It kept refusing, so I tried to run dist-upgrade again
Code:
jaco@Mickey:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
76 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up libgnomevfs2-common (1:2.22.0-2ubuntu1) ...
(gconftool-2:15652): GConf-CRITICAL **: No such file `/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so'
(gconftool-2:15652): GConf-WARNING **: Failed to load source "xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gconf/defaults": Failed: Couldn't locate backend module for `xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gconf/defaults'
**
** GConf:ERROR:(gconftool.c:918):main: assertion failed: (err == NULL)
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 250
...
dpkg: error processing gnome-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:252: process_queue: Assertion `!queuelen' failed.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
Something that caught my eye was the following:
Code:
(gconftool-2:15652): GConf-CRITICAL **: No such file `/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so'
(gconftool-2:15652): GConf-WARNING **: Failed to load source "xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gconf/defaults": Failed: Couldn't locate backend module for `xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gconf/defaults'
**
** GConf:ERROR:(gconftool.c:918):main: assertion failed: (err == NULL)
Please help as I am utterly stuck and would love to go back to my familiar Gnome (no disrespect to the KDE folks, I just feel more comfortable with Gnome.)
Due to size constraints on these messages, I had to cut out some of the text - if you think anything in between the "..." is important, please see my post on ubuntuforums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=828316
