LMDE BREAKAGES - (Tracking SID!) -{CLOSED}

[GeneC]

Previously had libglib2.0-cil libgtk2.0-cil on hold (that wanted to remove 'mono')

Yesterday put 'mintdesktop' on hold (that wanted to add MATE packages)

Today, put ATP on hold (for reasons in above posts).

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gene@zordon:~$ apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 0.8.15.10
  Candidate: 0.9.0
  Version table:
     0.9.0 0
        500 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
 *** 0.8.15.10 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Then, was able to do a full DU.

[Regulus74]

apt issues fixed in version 0.9.1

[dcihon]

I'm getting this problem:

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danc@danc-linux-mint-debian:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt apt-utils libapt-inst1.5 libapt-pkg4.12 libept1.4.12 libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-cairo4.0-cil
  libmono-compilerservices-symbolwriter4.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-corlib4.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil
  libmono-data-tds4.0-cil libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-i18n-west4.0-cil libmono-i18n4.0-cil libmono-messaging2.0-cil
  libmono-posix2.0-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-security4.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
  libmono-sharpzip4.84-cil libmono-simd2.0-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil libmono-sqlite4.0-cil libmono-system-configuration4.0-cil
  libmono-system-core4.0-cil libmono-system-data-linq2.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-data4.0-cil
  libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil libmono-system-enterpriseservices4.0-cil libmono-system-messaging2.0-cil libmono-system-security4.0-cil
  libmono-system-transactions4.0-cil libmono-system-web-applicationservices4.0-cil libmono-system-web-services4.0-cil
  libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system-web4.0-cil libmono-system-xml4.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono-system4.0-cil
  libmono-wcf3.0-cil libmono-web4.0-cil libmono2.0-cil libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc
  libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math
  libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-writer mono-2.0-gac mono-4.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime python-uno uno-libs3 ure
64 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/89.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 2,425 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in SmartConfigure for libapt-pkg4.12:amd64, aborting


[GeneC]

Dan

Yes, I saw that too.
I solved it by first emptying my apt cache.

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sudo apt-get autoclean

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 sudo apt-get clean

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sudo apt-get autoremove

Then I updated with the 'safe upgrade' command

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

That fixed it for me, but that was earlier today, more problems now.
I would hold off upgrades for a while.

NOTE:
You should hold off on the upgrade but you should clean out your apt-cache with the first three commands.
There are bug reports filed on this, and it will get fixed.
https://www.google.com/search?sugexp=ch ... C+aborting

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Edit:

I see in Regulus' post that he says APT is fixed?
Not for me. Its causing the problems above.
I'd hold off on any upgrades for a while. I see some problems, even trying a 'safe' upgrade right now.
LOTS of new stuff coming to SID in the last day or two.

[wayne128]

I see in Regulus' post that he says APT is fixed?

Yes I check also aptosid forum.

http://aptosid.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... pic&t=2279

So I went ahead to du, ignoring the bugs (for sun sparc).

both sid partitions xfce and gnome are ok with latest apt

# apt-cache policy apt
apt:
Installed: 0.9.1
Candidate: 0.9.1
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[Brian49]

APT isn't fixed here either - installing the updates would mean removing Synaptic and software-properties-gtk, among other things.

[GeneC]

APT upgraded with new version this morning.
Only removal was 'libept1'

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Commit Log for Wed Apr 18 06:06:52 2012

Removed the following packages:
libept1

Upgraded the following packages:
apt (0.8.15.10) to 0.9.1

[cooleric1234]

I successfully upgraded apt but now get this error every time (tried to upgrade just one package below):

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E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in SmartConfigure for file-roller:amd64, aborting

Tried the above steps of cleaning the cache too.

[GregE]

I successfully upgraded apt but now get this error every time (tried to upgrade just one package below):

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E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in SmartConfigure for file-roller:amd64, aborting

Tried the above steps of cleaning the cache too.

I think there is a Debian bug on this issue and a fix has been done. As long as you can still update it should just clear as the updates come through. If necessary use aptitude instead to update. It appears to be the same thing.

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs ... 11393.html

Worst case download the latest (or older) deb from debian packages and use dpkg to install.

[dcihon]

See my post above.
GeneC had the solution for me.
I cleared the cache and with the new updates everything is fine for me.

[wayne128]

Trying to set up SID from flesh install of lmde201204 xfce rc .iso

after installation, change repos to Debian Sid, d.u. to have a long list under aptlistbigs

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Fetched 579 MB in 15min 32s (621 kB/s)                                         
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
serious bugs of gnome-session (-> 3.2.1-1) <forwarded>
 #656762 - gnome-shell: after "something went wrong" no chance to save any data at all
grave bugs of gnome-contacts (-> 3.2.2-2) <marked as done in some version>
 #662676 - Hitting the add button causes a segfault (Fixed: gnome-contacts/3.4.0-1)
critical bugs of grub-pc (1.99-17 -> 1.99-21) <unfixed>
 #668920 - grub-pc: grub 1.99-21 fails to detect mdraid partitions
grave bugs of libcairo2 (1.10.2-2ubuntu2 -> 1.12.0-2) <unfixed>
 #669629 - libreoffice-impress : slideshow fails to initiate
   Merged with: 668172 668190
 #658252 - libcairo2: Text quickly becomes rectangles
   Merged with: 667040
 #657097 - libcairo2: Evolution crash at startup (core dumped)
grave bugs of aptitude (0.6.5-1 -> 0.6.6-1+b1) <unfixed>
 #669198 - aptitude: Aptitude dies with internal error
grave bugs of gnome-sushi (0.2.1-3 -> 0.4.0-1) <unfixed>
 #668385 - gnome-sushi: sushi fails to start
grave bugs of libreoffice (1:3.4.5-5 -> 1:3.5.2-4) <unfixed>
 #668199 - libreoffice: Keypresses doubled in erratic blocks in all apps / all windows while LO open
serious bugs of initscripts (2.88dsf-22 -> 2.88dsf-22.1) <unfixed>
 #668307 - initscripts: recreates /etc/motd
serious bugs of gnome-themes-standard (-> 3.4.1-2) <unfixed>
 #661471 - gnome-themes-standard: removal of gnome-themes-standard makes files disappear from gnome-accessibility-themes
serious bugs of gnome-ppp (0.3.23-1 -> 0.3.23-1.1) <unfixed>
 #660205 - gnome-ppp: uninstallable on armel
serious bugs of javascript-common (7 -> 8) <unfixed>
 #474913 - javascript-common overrides /javascript globally in lighttpd
Summary:
 initscripts(1 bug), libcairo2(3 bugs), gnome-contacts(1 bug), aptitude(1 bug), gnome-themes-standard(1 bug), gnome-sushi(1 bug), gnome-ppp(1 bug), grub-pc(1 bug), gnome-session(1 bug), libreoffice(1 bug), javascript-common(1 bug)
Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...] ^[[B^[[B

I am holding on for converting this to SID.

Any input on these bugs/ workaround appreciated.

[wayne128]

MiniTube does not have video in LMDE tracking SID.

I install it, sound OK but no video. anyone manage to figure out solution?

[craigevil]

MiniTube does not have video in LMDE tracking SID.

I install it, sound OK but no video. anyone manage to figure out solution?

No issues with it here.

Debian sid, KDE 4, fully upgraded.

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 $ dpkg -l|grep gstreamer                                                                                       
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa:i386              0.10.36-1                     GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg                 1:0.10.13-0.2                 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-gconf:i386             0.10.31-1+b1                  GStreamer plugin for getting the sink/source information from GConf
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386       0.10.23-1+b1                  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386      0.10.36-1                     GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386      0.10.31-1+b1                  GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386      0.10.19-1                     GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-x:i386                 0.10.36-1                     GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0:i386  0.10.23-1+b1                  GStreamer development files for libraries from the "bad" set
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 0.10.36-1                     GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0:i386              0.10.36-1                     Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii  phonon-backend-gstreamer             4:4.6.0.0-1                   Phonon GStreamer 0.10.x backend


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 Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV200 [Mobility Radeon 7500]
           X.Org: 1.11.4 driver: radeon Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz                                                         
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI R100 (RV200 4C57) AGP 4x x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 7.11.2   

$ apt-cache policy minitube
minitube:
Installed: 1.7-1
Candidate: 1.7-1

[xircon]

+1 Minitube problem, I have an ATI Radeon card, running open source drivers, which I assume is the problem.

:Edit: Appears the problem is intermittent, some videos work, but minitube does not run well at all.

[wayne128]

+1 Minitube problem, I have an ATI Radeon card, running open source drivers, which I assume is the problem.

:Edit: Appears the problem is intermittent, some videos work, but minitube does not run well at all.

Hi Steve.
so I am not alone.

tried some other SID partition

1. Siduction - xfce- SID, no problem, work out of the box
2. Debian SID, gnome3, no problem to run, full sound and video
root@debian:/home/wayne# apt-cache policy minitube
minitube:
Installed: 1.7-1
Candidate: 1.7-1


3. LMDE gnome, sound ok, no video
4. LMDE xfce, sound ok, no video
5. xubuntu 12.04 beta2, sound ok, no video.

[GeneC]

Trying to set up SID from flesh install of lmde201204 xfce rc .iso

after installation, change repos to Debian Sid, d.u. to have a long list under aptlistbigs
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I am holding on for converting this to SID.

Any input on these bugs/ workaround appreciated.

Wayne

That is a LONG list of bugs. I think the best I could tell you is that Both my Gnome and XFCE SID installs are both fully updated with nothing held back, and seemingly no problems. Minitube works fine (but Nvidia). I had removed all things 'mono' a few days ago. All is well here.

[dcihon]

Curios question to the old "wise ones" here:
When the new stable LMDE get released If you have an up to date SID is there any reason to wipe your current install and start with a fresh LMDE (whatever flavor you wish) install?
Thanks wise ones.

[xircon]

Old, definitely, wise, hmmmmm No - its a rolling release.

[craigevil]

Curios question to the old "wise ones" here:
When the new stable LMDE get released If you have an up to date SID is there any reason to wipe your current install and start with a fresh LMDE (whatever flavor you wish) install?
Thanks wise ones.

Nope , no reason to ever reinstall unless you manage to mess things up beyond repair. Which takes a lot of work. To screw it up bad enough to need a reinstall that is.

on my desktop which has had most of the hardware replaced over the years, Debian sid was installed back in Feb 2004. Still haven't had to reinstall. On my ancient Thinkpad R40 its been almost 2 yrs, still running smooth.

[dcihon]

My Cinnamon is crashing on startup.
I was in XFCE and added to autostart Conky and Wally.
I then booted into Cinnamon and it crashes and won't start. All I can do is logout.
I went back into XFCE and took out those 2 start up items I added and it still crashes.
Is there any log files that I can look at to see what is going on during startup?
Thanks
Dan

Also thank for the responses on my previous question. I am just rolling right along with LMDE. Up to date in SID.