ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 39, Issue 21

Wed Jun 18 13:58:34 UTC 2008

One suggestion you may have already followed: apt-get update before all 
those apt-get installs.  Make sure you're working with the most recent 
package listing.  Recently I saw an xorg update that could only be done 
in a partial install so there were unmet dependencies).  A fresh package 
listing a few hours later and things were done fine.

Hope this helps.

Kirk

Steven Birnam wrote:
> So far, I have tried all the std solutions...
>
> I tried booting from recovery mode, and no gui, so I continued in
> character mode I followed process to remove xorg.conf file
> no change
>
>
> I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and got response:
> xserver-xorg is broken or not fully installed
>
> I tried to sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg, and got response:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies - no install
>
> I tried to sudo apt-get remove x-window-system, and got response:
> Package x-window-system is not installed, so not removed
>
> I tried sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg=1:7.3+100ubuntu10
> The following packages have dependencies unmet
>
> I tried sudo apt-get install xorg=1:7.3+10ubuntu10
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> xorg: Depends on xserver which is not going to be installed
> Broken packages
>
> I tried sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core>=2:1.4-3
> Broken packages
>
> I tried sudo apt-get install x11-common=1:7.3+10ubuntu10.1
> x11-common is already the newest version (well atleast there is
> something still on my system!)
>
> It seems that X nolonger exists on my system, and there are
> dependencies that are nolonger installed or broken.
>
> Is there any wat, from character mode to install X11, and and all
> components, fix Broken packages and get Hardy to boot in GNOME GUI,
> without wiping out present install and losing data and settings?
>
> StevenB
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:00 AM,  <ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>>   1. 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
>>      (Steven Birnam)
>>   2. Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update (volksman)
>>   3. Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
>>      (Andrew Mathenge)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:14 -0400
>> From: "Steven Birnam" <stevenbirnam at gmail.com>
>> Subject: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
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>> After doing an upgrade to 8.04, I got everything working properly.
>>
>> Then reconfigured and updated other package - which provided me with
>> my first headache - a conflict wouldn't let me boot properly, but used
>> recovery mode to sort it out.
>>
>> Then I noticed I had multiple sub-versions of Ubuntu on the boot menu
>> - and went to the forum to find out how to reduce the list to one
>> subversion (I also have XP as a boot option). The response was to go
>> to Synaptic Manager and remove the unwanted subversion packages -
>> which I did, with no result. Turned out that precision is required
>> when providing guidane - it should have been 'remove completely'
>> rather than just remove - but learned my lesson, and subsequently
>> cleaned up my boot list.
>>
>> This morning, I decided to do an update on the packages (when you wake
>> up at 5:00AM, what else is there to do, if you have no cows to milk?).
>> Ran Synaptic and did a 'Smart Upgrade', which was not such a smart
>> choice. Now I cannot load the GUI interface, as Ubuntu loads to
>> character mode, and I get a message that x moduile install is broken.
>>
>> So much for 'Smart Updates'.
>>
>> Anybody else run into these issues?
>>
>> Any idea of next step to fix GUI?
>>
>> Steven Birnam
>>
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>> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:56:05 -0400
>> From: volksman <v0lksman69 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
>> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>> Try booting into recovery mode and make a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> (call it something like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig) then remove the
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot.  X should figure out that there is no
>> conf file and work with "defaults".  If that doesn't work you can try
>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to regen the conf file.
>>
>> Steven Birnam wrote:
>>     
>>> After doing an upgrade to 8.04, I got everything working properly.
>>>
>>> Then reconfigured and updated other package - which provided me with
>>> my first headache - a conflict wouldn't let me boot properly, but used
>>> recovery mode to sort it out.
>>>
>>> Then I noticed I had multiple sub-versions of Ubuntu on the boot menu
>>> - and went to the forum to find out how to reduce the list to one
>>> subversion (I also have XP as a boot option). The response was to go
>>> to Synaptic Manager and remove the unwanted subversion packages -
>>> which I did, with no result. Turned out that precision is required
>>> when providing guidane - it should have been 'remove completely'
>>> rather than just remove - but learned my lesson, and subsequently
>>> cleaned up my boot list.
>>>
>>> This morning, I decided to do an update on the packages (when you wake
>>> up at 5:00AM, what else is there to do, if you have no cows to milk?).
>>> Ran Synaptic and did a 'Smart Upgrade', which was not such a smart
>>> choice. Now I cannot load the GUI interface, as Ubuntu loads to
>>> character mode, and I get a message that x moduile install is broken.
>>>
>>> So much for 'Smart Updates'.
>>>
>>> Anybody else run into these issues?
>>>
>>> Any idea of next step to fix GUI?
>>>
>>> Steven Birnam
>>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:40 -0400
>> From: "Andrew Mathenge" <mathenge at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
>> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>> The following command should work:
>>
>> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>
>> This will replace the xorg.conf file which is probably bad anyway but
>> you might want to make a backup copy of it. You'll find it in
>> /etc/X11.
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Steven Birnam <stevenbirnam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> After doing an upgrade to 8.04, I got everything working properly.
>>>
>>> Then reconfigured and updated other package - which provided me with
>>> my first headache - a conflict wouldn't let me boot properly, but used
>>> recovery mode to sort it out.
>>>
>>> Then I noticed I had multiple sub-versions of Ubuntu on the boot menu
>>> - and went to the forum to find out how to reduce the list to one
>>> subversion (I also have XP as a boot option). The response was to go
>>> to Synaptic Manager and remove the unwanted subversion packages -
>>> which I did, with no result. Turned out that precision is required
>>> when providing guidane - it should have been 'remove completely'
>>> rather than just remove - but learned my lesson, and subsequently
>>> cleaned up my boot list.
>>>
>>> This morning, I decided to do an update on the packages (when you wake
>>> up at 5:00AM, what else is there to do, if you have no cows to milk?).
>>> Ran Synaptic and did a 'Smart Upgrade', which was not such a smart
>>> choice. Now I cannot load the GUI interface, as Ubuntu loads to
>>> character mode, and I get a message that x moduile install is broken.
>>>
>>> So much for 'Smart Updates'.
>>>
>>> Anybody else run into these issues?
>>>
>>> Any idea of next step to fix GUI?
>>>
>>> Steven Birnam
>>>
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