Awesome! Glad your system is back to healthy again. I really do recommend not using aptitude any more in the future. I think you will find that your system stays a lot healthier in the long run. Brian Cluff On 03/05/2014 09:27 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Brian, > > apt-get dist-upgrade worked, and I have the latest new shiney gnome 3 > desktop. However, I may have to get a new laptop, as the desktop really > spins the fan on my laptop - it uses about 75% of the CPU at times. > > aptitude upgrade now does not hang on dependencies, but shows the system > is all uptodate. > > However, I still have the depmod warning, but I googled it an it looks > like it may be benign. > > Thanks for the help! > > Mark > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Mark Phillips > > wrote: > > Brian, > > Well that was fun....I had one failure and one warning... > > [FAIL] Starting NFS common utilities: statd failed! - I don't use > NFS, so not sure why this is happening > > depmod: WARNING: could not open > /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_RMlg1E/lib/modules/3.1.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin: > No such file or directory > > The warning looks serious. However, a reboot after the apt-get > upgrade returned gnome 3 as the default desktop. > > However, aptitude is still very confused and cannot resolve all the > dependencies. > > Should I go for broke and try an apt-get dist-upgrade, or be happy > with my current situation and just use apt-get? I feel as if I am > pushing my luck! ;) > > Mark > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Mark Phillips > > wrote: > > Brian, > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I solved one problem - the messed up laptop keyboard. It seems > the num lock was engaged, but the light was not on to indicate > that num lock was set. Once I turned off num lock, the laptop > keyboard works as it should. > > apt-get -f install did nothing...it said all packages were uptodate. > > Trying apt-get upgrade first....... > > Mark > > On Mar 4, 2014 10:36 AM, "Brian Cluff" > wrote: > > It sounds like your upgrade didn't finish and has left your > computer broken. I believe all you need to do is get your > system to complete it's upgrade and all will be well again. > > I would definitely try using apt-get... try "apt-get -f > install" to start and see if it will fix any of the missing > packages. Then follow that with and "apt-get dist-upgrade" > to hopefully finish the upgrade. > > You might find that the dependencies are in a state that you > will have to hand install and/or downgrade certain packages > using dpkg to get the system back into a place where apt can > pick up and finish the install. If you haven't done an > apt-get clean or aptitude clean recently then you will > likely find older and newer versions of packages in > /var/cache/apt/archives/ have can be fed to dpkg. > > I also recommend ditching aptitude. Years ago it looked > like it was going to take over for apt but it never did. In > fact many of the utilities that switched to aptitude > switched back to apt. I've found that I tended to break > systems quite often when I used aptitude but apt remained > solid and has since picked up the majority of extra features > that aptitude used to has. > > Brian > > On 03/03/2014 07:24 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I am running Debian testing on my laptop. I use my > laptop in two > configurations - stand alone and with an external > monitor and bluetooth > keyboard and mouse. Everything was working in that I > could switch back > and forth as needed. > > I then had a need to write a bunch of documents/emails > in German so I > tried to add a German keyboard mapping and dictionary to > the system. I > was successful and could switch back and forth between > German and > English in LibreOffice and Gmail using the external > keyboard. > > I then ran an aptitude update and then an upgrade and > the world collapsed. > * I no longer have gnome 3, but a fall back version of > gnome 2. > > * I can type correctly with the external keyboard, but > the keyboard on > the laptop is all messed up. The keys do not type what > is printed on the > keys. > > * I don't have a German keyboard mapping any more. > > I googled for some solutions, ran some dpkg-reconfigures > but I just > cannot get the laptop keyboard to work properly, nor get > back to gnome > 3. When I run an aptitude update and then upgrade now, I > get this > > # aptitude upgrade > Resolving dependencies... > open: 8922; closed: 14679; defer: 68; conflict: 194 > > and the conflicts are never resolved - the numbers just > keep changing > and the cpus are pegged at 100%. > > apt-get upgrade shows many packages to be upgraded, and > does not report > any dependency issues. > > Should I try apt-get upgrade to see if it fixes the > problem? How do I go > about fixing the keyboard and gnome 3 issues? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss