[SOLVED] Some packages could not be updated

[thePhantom]

Hello there,
I'm using LMDE from more than 1 year, all goes ok, but from many months i'm having a problem with my update. If I run apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade , some packages could not be updated. These are the packages:

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  xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-dev
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
  xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
  xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo

If I try to install for example "xserver-xorg" it returns this error:

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xserver-xorg: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (> = 2:1.11) but 2:1.10.4-1 is the version to be installed

Have you any idea? I never edited my apt source.list, and I always update my system with:

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apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y dist-upgrade

Thank you.

[zerozero]

hi,
and if you try to install xserver-xorg-core what kind of msg you get?

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sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

[thePhantom]

Hmm... Package not found ...

[zerozero]

that's weird that pkg is available in all debian releases http://packages.debian.org/search?suite ... -xorg-core
can you please show us your sources.list, the command

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inxi -r

will tell you that

[thePhantom]

I know... This is the list:

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Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import romeo
           deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main

[zerozero]

just to be completely sure, you did copy&past the command above? there's no change for a spelling mistake? did you double-check your typing?

[thePhantom]

I confirm:

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# inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import romeo
           deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main

[zerozero]

no, sorry, my mistake, i meant

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sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

[thePhantom]

sorry... Typos error...

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
[...]
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  xserver-xorg-core: Depends: libpixman-1-0 (> = 0.21.6) but 0.20.2-0ubuntu1 is the version to be installed
E: Broken packages

if I try to install libpixman-1-0 (apt-get install libpixman-1-0) it says that it is already installed.

[zerozero]

no worries happens
i was kinda expecting for that libpixman error but when you said that xserver-xorg-core couldn't be found i was lost;

that is a "well known" issue
look here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 55#p501223 and here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... an#p482881 for some answers

[thePhantom]

Thank you! Solved by forcing unstable version!
I hope that this will not create troubles for the future system updates... Does this could be possible?

[zerozero]

don't think so, i did the same long time ago and everything is running smooth;
the only thing that you have to be aware (it's on the warnings on the pages i linked you to) is that the fonts might loose some of its config (i cant see the difference but some do)

[thePhantom]

good! Many thanks
Bye!

[Andrew33]

sorry... Typos error...

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
[...]
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  xserver-xorg-core: Depends: libpixman-1-0 (> = 0.21.6) but 0.20.2-0ubuntu1 is the version to be installed
E: Broken packages

if I try to install libpixman-1-0 (apt-get install libpixman-1-0) it says that it is already installed.

I have this same issue with my laptop....zz, I followed the links and looked at and tried to implement the solutions, but still come up with dependency problems....if you want to know my repo list, this is it:

Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
deb http://tridex.net/repo/debian/ wheezy main
can anyone help....please