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update-manager package

Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on xorg

Bug #66514 reported by Duncan Lithgow
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

My system is documented here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HP_Pavilion_DV8220EA
and here:
http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/?xml=7e625c78a7c9c4a6dc042fc30e765220

The last five lines of /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log are:

Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on xorg
  Considering xorg 1 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 9999
Done
ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

/var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log is empty

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

Here's my first attempt to fix it:

duncan@ubuntu:~$ sudo -s
Password:
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ubuntu-desktop: Depends: xorg but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install xorg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  xorg: Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install libg11-mesa-dri
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package libg11-mesa-dri
root@ubuntu:~#

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Adrien Cunin (adri2000) wrote :

I think you are using or you have already used an unofficial repo (quinnstorm one?).
To fix the problem, you can try to remove and reinstall the problematic packages.
If you confirm that the problem is caused by an unofficial repo, this bug can be rejected.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

I appologise, you were right. This problem must be from the beerorkids repo i've used for xgl/compiz. I've removed it and upgraded successfully.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

not an ubuntu bug

Changed in update-manager:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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