Lots of Dapper Problems

[Bill Atkins]

I'm trying to upgrade two machines from Breezy to Dapper.  Even though
the machines are very different (one is an IBM ThinkPad, the other a
homebuilt AMD64 machine), they are having frustratingly similar
problems.

I followed the same procedure on both machines: change breezy to
dapper in /etc/apt/sources.lst, sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get
dist-upgrade.

Both machines are having the following problems:

  - GDM can't create a session for me.  Instead, it gives me an error
message and a WM-less xterm.  I can run gnome-session from here, or I
can use XDM instead of GDM, but neither of these are really ideal.
There is more detailed information here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=196830

  - Neither machine can find its sound card.  The sound card comes up
in 'lspci' on both machines, but no sound-playing program will believe
that there is a sound card attached to my computer.  Even alsamixer
tells me there's no card attached.  I've tried modprobing the
appropriate modules - this changes the error message, but doesn't
solve the problem.  There is more information here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=199140

In addition, the laptop is having a problem with APT, where "apt-get
install anything" yields a stream of errors about misconfigured
packages.  The complete output is at the bottom of this e-mail, since
it's pretty long.

I considered doing a fresh install from a Dapper install CD, but even
this caused problems for me.  On my desktop (I haven't tried this
approach on my laptop yet). The installer starts a series of services
and then starts GDM and "HP Printing and Imaging service".  At this
point, the screen goes blank and nothing can be done about it.  I've
tried the alternate CD; I've tried various VGA modes; I've tried doing
the CD consistency check (both were fine);  I've tried booting with
the debian-installer/framebuffer=false boot flag.  No dice - no dice
whatsoever.  I have a hunch this is a video card problem (ATi Radeon
9250SE), but I don't know what to do about it.

If a fresh install is the only way to fix this, then I'd appreciate
any help getting my live CD to boot.  Otherwise, I'd like to get sound
and GDM working and fix my laptop's broken APT repositories.

Thanks for your time,
Bill Atkins

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BEGIN LENGTH APT-GET ERROR OUTPUT

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bill at mu /home/bill % sudo apt-get install tpb                            4:38PM
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
tpb is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
24 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up fontconfig (2.3.2-1.1ubuntu12) ...
ln: creating symbolic link
`/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-debconf-no-bitmaps.conf' to
`/etc/fonts/conf.d/no-bitmaps.conf': File exists
dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt3-mt:
 libqt3-mt depends on fontconfig; however:
  Package fontconfig is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libqt3-mt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libarts1c2a:
 libarts1c2a depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.5); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libarts1c2a (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libavahi-qt3-1:
 libavahi-qt3-1 depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libavahi-qt3-1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs4c2a:
 kdelibs4c2a depends on libarts1c2a (>= 1.5.2); however:
  Package libarts1c2a is not configured yet.
 kdelibs4c2a depends on libavahi-qt3-1 (>= 0.6.0); however:
  Package libavahi-qt3-1 is not configured yet.
 kdelibs4c2a depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs4c2a (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs-bin:
 kdelibs-bin depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kdelibs-bin depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apollon:
 apollon depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 apollon depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apollon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox:
 firefox depends on fontconfig; however:
  Package fontconfig is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-gnome-support:
 firefox-gnome-support depends on firefox (=
1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0ubuntu6.06); however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-gnome-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-app-install:
 gnome-app-install depends on firefox; however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-app-install (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gpgkeys:
 gpgkeys depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.4); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gpgkeys (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kate:
 kate depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kate depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kate (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkonq4:
 libkonq4 depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 libkonq4 depends on libarts1c2a (>= 1.5.2); however:
  Package libarts1c2a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkonq4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kicker:
 kicker depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kicker depends on libkonq4 (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package libkonq4 is not configured yet.
 kicker depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kicker (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kcontrol:
 kcontrol depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kcontrol depends on kicker (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kicker is not configured yet.
 kcontrol depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kcontrol (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdebase-bin:
 kdebase-bin depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kdebase-bin depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdebase-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkdegames1:
 libkdegames1 depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkdegames1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kolf:
 kolf depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
  Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
 kolf depends on libkdegames1 (>= 4:3.4.2); however:
  Package libkdegames1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kolf (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdbus-qt-1-1c2:
 libdbus-qt-1-1c2 depends on libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.6); however:
  Package libqt3-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libdbus-qt-1-1c2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgecko2.0-cil:
 libgecko2.0-cil depends on firefox; however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgecko2.0-cil (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpango1.0-common:
 libpango1.0-common depends on fontconfig (>= 2.1.91); however:
  Package fontconfig is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libpango1.0-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of monodevelop:
 monodevelop depends on libgecko2.0-cil (>= 0.11); however:
  Package libgecko2.0-cil is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing monodevelop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mozilla-mplayer:
 mozilla-mplayer depends on firefox | mozilla-firefox |
mozilla-browser; however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
  Package mozilla-firefox is not installed.
  Package firefox which provides mozilla-firefox is not configured yet.
  Package mozilla-browser is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mozilla-mplayer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of yelp:
 yelp depends on firefox (>= 1.5); however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing yelp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fontconfig
 libqt3-mt
 libarts1c2a
 libavahi-qt3-1
 kdelibs4c2a
 kdelibs-bin
 apollon
 firefox
 firefox-gnome-support
 gnome-app-install
 gpgkeys
 kate
 libkonq4
 kicker
 kcontrol
 kdebase-bin
 libkdegames1
 kolf
 libdbus-qt-1-1c2
 libgecko2.0-cil
 libpango1.0-common
 monodevelop
 mozilla-mplayer
 yelp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)