[lucid] update-notifier 99 breaks ubuntu-desktop

[Colin Law]

On 20 March 2010 14:53, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 20 March 2010 07:19, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 03/19/2010 11:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>> On 03/19/2010 11:31 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>>> Anyone else having issues with the update-notifier upgrades this evening?
>>>>
>>>> update-notifier-common removes ubuntu-desktop and update-notifier -
>>>> result is a desktop background with no panels. Mouse works,
>>>> Alt-CTRL-F1-6 works, but nothing else (including booting into failsafe
>>>> mode & attempting to reinstall ubuntu-desktop results in:
>>>>
>>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>>  ubuntu-desktop: Depends: update-notifier but it is not going to be
>>>> installed
>>>>  E: Broken packages
>>>>
>>>> Tried to file a bug report on launchpad, but launchpad is so screwed up
>>>> following their "upgrade" that I only get:
>>>> ====
>>>> Unexpected form data
>>>>
>>>> Launchpad doesn't understand the form data submitted in this request.
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> The update is from update-notifier 98 to 99 & 99 seems to be the culprit.
>>>>
>>>> On another test system I've held back all of the update-notifier
>>>> upgrades & that seems to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> May have found the appropriate bug report:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdbs/+bug/542343
>>> [gnome-panel will not autostart on lucid]
>>> So heads-up!!
>>
>> Don't update for a day or two & hopefully all will get sorted out.
>
> I see from the above bug report that all should now be fixed.  Just
> check that the latest versions of gnome-panel and nautilus on your
> mirror by checking the description in Update Manager.  Look for
> -0ubuntu3 in the version, not -0ubuntu2.
>
> Just going to try it now.

Updated and all ok for me at least. Checked still ok after reboot also.

Colin