dependencies will not resolve

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu and architecture do you use?

I attach the following information:

1. Ubuntu version and computer info
2. output of sysinfo
3. installed packages generated by save markings in synaptic package manager

Please let me know what else you require. To save you to/from conversations, please feel free to point me to a command that might give you output that you wish or a file content you would like :-) Thank you for your help.

Mick

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1. Ubuntu version:

version 6.06 running on IBM desktop dual core Intel

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2. output of sysinfo:
File generated by Sysinfo version 0.6.1
Your system/computer information at: Mon Mar 5 11:30:17 EST 2007

SYSTEM INFORMATION
 - Operating system type -> [Linux]
 - Distribution release -> [testing/unstable]
 - Kernel version -> [2.6.15-28-386]
 - Kernel build time and date -> [#1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 1 15:51:56 UTC 2007]
 - Computer hostname -> [mick-desktop]
 - Computer domainname -> [(none)]

Some program versions
 - GNOME version installed -> [2.14.3 - Ubuntu (2006-07-31)]
 - GCC version installed -> [4.0.3 - i486-linux-gnu ]
 - Xorg version installed -> [7.0.0]

Uptime
 - System running -> [1 days 4 h 14 min]

CPU INFORMATION
 - Vendor identification -> [GenuineIntel]
 - Model name -> [Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz]
 - Raw frequency -> [2793.540 MHz]
 - Cache size -> [1024 KB]
 - Model number -> [4]
 - Family number -> [15]
 - Stepping -> [7]
 - BogoMIPS -> [5593.09]

MEMORY INFORMATION
 - Total memory - RAM -> [1025 Mb]
 - Swap memory -> [1156 Mb]

IDE INFORMATION
Primary Master (hda) - unknown
 - Model name -> [unknown]
 - Capacity -> [unknown]
 - Cache -> [unknown]

Primary Slave (hdb) - unknown
 - Model name -> [unknown]
 - Capacity -> [unknown]
 - Cache -> [unknown]

Secondary Master (hdc) - unknown
 - Model name -> [unknown]
 - Capacity -> [unknown]
 - Cache -> [unknown]

Secondary Slave (hdd) - unknown
 - Model name -> [unknown]
 - Capacity -> [unknown]
 - Cache -> [unknown]

HARDWARE INFORMATION
Motherboard chipset
 - Host Bridge -> [dge: Intel Corporation 945G/P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) ]
 - PCI Bridge -> [dge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) ]
 - ISA Bridge -> []

IDE interface
 - String -> [ace: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01) ]

VGA controller
 - Graphic card -> [ler: Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) ]

Sound card/s

Ethernet card/s
 - Card #1 -> [ler: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03) ]

OTHER INFORMATION
Sound card
 - Model name -> [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel]
 - Details -> [HDA Intel at 0xd01c0000 irq 233]

Nvidia Graphic card
 - Model name -> [unknown]
 - AGP rate -> [unknown]
 - Faste writes -> [unknown]
 - SBA -> [unknown]
 - Driver details -> [no accelerated linux driver detected]
 - Screen resolution -> [1280x1024]

Input devices
 - Device #1 -> ["AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"]
 - Device #2 -> ["USB Optical Mouse"]
 - Device #3 -> ["PC Speaker"]
 - Device #4 -> ["/usr/sbin/thinkpad-keys"]

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3. installed packages generated by save markings in synaptic packag...

Could you run and copy to a comment:
- apt-cache policy
- apt-cache policy libgtk2.0-dev
- apt-cache policy libxfixes3
- apt-cache policy libxfixes-dev

Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
500 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-security,l=Ubuntu,c=universe
     origin security.ubuntu.com
500 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-security,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted
     origin security.ubuntu.com
500 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-security,l=Ubuntu,c=main
     origin security.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-backports,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-backports,l=Ubuntu,c=universe
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-backports,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-backports,l=Ubuntu,c=main
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-updates,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-updates,l=Ubuntu,c=main
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper,l=Ubuntu,c=universe
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
     release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper,l=Ubuntu,c=main
     origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
Pinned packages:
libgtk2.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.8.20-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
     2.8.20-0ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
     2.8.20-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
     2.8.17-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
libxfixes3:
  Installed: 1:4.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 1:4.0-0ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
libxfixes-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
     1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages

From you comment:

"libxfixes3:
  Installed: 1:4.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 1:4.0-0ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages"

Which means that dapper has "1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3" and that you installed "1:4.0-0ubuntu1" from somewhere. That's not an Ubuntu bug, you probably want to stick to official packages for the version of the distribution

Dear Sebastien,
I am happy to plead Mea Culpa any day as I may not know how I have caused the problem and I understand that you reject the report of the bug.

From my perspective I have only used Synaptic Package Manager and have not been experimenting with any packages I might get on the internet. I have never even run apt-**** from the terminal until I hit the problem. The only software not installed from Synaptic was Zend Studio 5.5 and that should not have installed this package. I have now de-installed Zend and the problem remains.

Now that I am where I am I would like to ask for an answer to 2 quick questions:
1. Will you be able to help me - give instructions - to reverse the problem Y/N will do...?
2. If it is a no, do I blow away the system and reinstall the system from scratch as the only resonable way of reversing the problem?

Regards,
Mick

Could you look at the top entry from /usr/share/doc/libxfixes3/changelog.Debian.gz and note it to a comment? The libxfixes3 1:4.0-0ubuntu1 version has not been uploaded to Ubuntu, maybe you used some extra apt source for compiz or something? Then to fix the bug you can run "sudo apt-get install libxfixes3/dapper" which will reinstall the official dapper version

I would like to thank you for helping me with the problem. Your suggested fix has worked. I copy in below the first few lines of the file as you have requested. I have also taken out all community maintained universes that are not supported.

Thank you again and I will try not to bother you again with silly questions,
Mick

PS
In case you care, I am trying to understand what I can about Ubuntu because I may be able to help a little with the "bug report #1". After I get a level of comfort with what the desktop can do, I'm considering a target of 1000+ desktops deployment initially . I have ability to further influence decissions about 50,000+ desktops. It is not an ideological point of view but rather a practical one :-))
Good luck with that original bug report.

libxfixes (1:4.0-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.

 -- reggaemanu <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:41:53 +0200

libxfixes (1:4.0-0ubuntu0) dapper; urgency=low

  * Sync to CVS version.

 -- reggaemanu <email address hidden> Sun, 02 Apr 2006 06:32:50 +0200

libxfixes (1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu2) dapper; urgency=low

  * Change dependency on x-common to x11-common.

 -- Daniel Stone <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:25:50 +1100

You are welcome. The changelog copy show that you install a libxfixes package from "reggaemanu <email address hidden>" which is not an official Ubuntu package, maybe you tried to get compiz from some place which had that package also.

Nice to read about the desktop deployment, don't hesitate to open bugs about problems you might face ;)