Tried to upgrade to fiesty fawn, now KDE won't start

nardz · 05-28-2007, 03:33 AM

Hi, I'm gonna keep this short and simple, as i pretty much don't know any better

when i tried running adept manager last nite it asked me if i wanted to upgrade to the new version. I said yes, and after an hour or so of downloading i got an error message saying that i have an unstable system or something and that the installation cannot be completed, and that it'll restore to how it was pre-install now.

I then tried running adept again, and it wasnt working. I tried a reboot, and now it only boots to a command prompt, tty1.

Any help/suggestions?

reddazz · 05-28-2007, 04:23 AM

Try completing the update from the command line

Code:

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

If all goes well reboot the machine and hopefully everything works.

If the above does not work, then try starting X by doing

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx

Post back any error messages.

nardz · 05-28-2007, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Try completing the update from the command line

Code:

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

If all goes well reboot the machine and hopefully everything works.

If the above does not work, then try starting X by doing

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx

Post back any error messages.

after the apt-get update i got the following messages

Code:

W: dubplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe packages(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty_universe_binary-i386_packages)

the same as above (cbf retyping) for feisty/multiverse packages
then

Code:

W: you may want to run apt-get update to correct these programs

i'm making an assumption (hopefully a non-ignorant one) that it's not major and i'm gonna go on with the dist-upgrade......

ok now it says

Code:

The following packages have unmet dependancies: 
hplib: Depends: hplib-data (< 1.6.9.1 but 1.7.3-0ubuntu1 is installed
python: Depends: python-minimal(=2.4.3-11ubuntu3) but 2.5.1-0ubuntu3 is installed
E: unmet dependencies. try using -f

and when i tried -f it says the same as above but the last line changes to

Code:

E: unable to correct dependices

reddazz · 05-29-2007, 03:14 AM

Were you upgrading from edgy to feisty?

nardz · 05-29-2007, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Were you upgrading from edgy to feisty?

yep.. sorry i shoulda made that more clear..

reddazz · 05-29-2007, 04:39 AM

Firstly it seems like you have duplicate entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list, so you may want to fix that at some point. One thing you can try is uninstalling the problematic packages, do the upgrade and then reinstall the packages you uninstalled earlier.

nardz · 05-30-2007, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Firstly it seems like you have duplicate entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list, so you may want to fix that at some point. One thing you can try is uninstalling the problematic packages, do the upgrade and then reinstall the packages you uninstalled earlier.

I assume i do this with sudo apt-get remove?

this is what happens when i try that anyway (this is bloody annoying cause i have to type it onto another computer, i dont have the privelage of cut/past

)

Code:

sudo apt-get remove hplip

The following packages have unmet dependencies: 
python: Depends: python-minimal(= 2.4.3-11ubuntu3) but 2.5.1-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution)

Code:

sudo apt-get -f install
The following packages have unmet dependencies: 
hplip: Depends: hplip-data (< 1.6.9.1) but 1.7.3-0ubuntu1 is installed
python: Depends: python-minimal(= 2.4.3-11ubuntu3) but 2.5.1-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages
E: unable to correct depenecies

The following one is way too long to type out, so i'm summarising it.

Code:

sudo apt-get remove python

The following packages have unmet dependencies: 
alsa-utils: Depends: python but it is not going to be installed
hplip: Depends hplip-data...........
       Depends python
       Depends python
       Predepends python
hwdb-client-common: Depends: python
                    Depends: python
hwdb-client-kde: Depends python
                 Depends python
kde-guidance: Depends: python
              Depends: python
kde-guidance powermanager
kdebluetooth
kong-plugins
language-selector-common
language-selecter-qt
launchpad-integration
lsb-release
pykdeextensions
python-apt
python-central
python-dbus
python-elementtree
python-kde3
python-libxm12: 
python-qt3
python-qt4
bython-sip4
python-support
python-uno
rdiff-backup

tokenringman38 · 06-01-2007, 08:51 AM

Just a hunch here, but you seem to be fighting over dependencies probably leftovers from edgy, when you stepped up. Just curious which method you used to do the upgrade.

When I did this, I used the info from here:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php

nardz · 06-04-2007, 04:15 AM

I initially upgraded using adept. As i mentioned in the first post it stopped halfway through and said it found errors and that my system may be unstable and that all the changes have been restored, or something along those lines. it was a while ago now.

nardz · 06-04-2007, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

If the above does not work, then try starting X by doing

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx

Post back any error messages.

Sorry i missed that part of your first post. The following error msg comes up after i try sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Code:

sudo: /etc/init.d/gdm: command not found

and when i do startx

Code:

could not start kdeinit, check your installation

reddazz · 06-04-2007, 12:43 PM

If you are using kde, then the command would be /etc/init.d/kdm. Anyway it seems like there is a problem with your KDE installation. You could try something like

Code:

sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop kdm
sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop kdm

nardz · 06-05-2007, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

If you are using kde, then the command would be /etc/init.d/kdm. Anyway it seems like there is a problem with your KDE installation. You could try something like

Code:

sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop kdm
sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop kdm

i found that command in the link that tokenringman38 gave.

It installed everything, and afterwards i still couldnt run kde with the above commands. it starts a graphical envirnment and just says "KDE cannot be started" or something along those lines

i then tried the apt-get stuff and noticed the dependencies werent there anymore, so i figured i'd try the dist-upgrade

Now its even worse than before.

Code:

BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-3ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. 

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs) _

the last line is the prompt...