Upgrade LMDE1 to LMDE2 screensaver problem

[luandrea]

Hi all,
I have upgraded from LMDE1 to LMDE2, but I didn't turned off the screensaver. When I upgraded the screensaver blocked me and I turned off the pc. I think that I didn't finisched the upgrade process correctly.

Now I get this error when I do sudo apt-get upgrade:

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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.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mint-meta-debian-cinnamon:
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon depends on cinnamon; however:
  Package cinnamon is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mint-meta-debian-cinnamon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

What can I do?

[killer de bug]

Seriously, rebooting your system in the middle of the upgrade?

Try this:

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apt install cinnamon

or

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apt install -f

[luandrea]

Seriously, rebooting your system in the middle of the upgrade?

I know that it is a stupid thing, but the screen was blocked by the screensaver and I couldn't do anything.

Now the system is working well, but I want to fix this problem. I already tried the commands that you suggested, but it didn't worked.

This is the ouput:

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luca@work ~ $ sudo apt install cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
cinnamon is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mint-meta-debian-cinnamon:
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon depends on cinnamon; however:
  Package cinnamon is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mint-meta-debian-cinnamon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
luca@work ~ $ sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mint-meta-debian-cinnamon:
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon depends on cinnamon; however:
  Package cinnamon is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mint-meta-debian-cinnamon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[killer de bug]

Let's try to remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon

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apt remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon

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apt install cinnamon

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apt install mint-meta-debian-cinnamon

Check also that you are fully upgraded at the end.

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apt update && apt dist-upgrade

[luandrea]

I tried, but without succes:

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luca@work ~ $ sudo apt remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
[sudo] password for luca: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 26,6 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
(Reading database ... 206242 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mint-meta-debian-cinnamon (2015.06.02) ...
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
luca@work ~ $ sudo apt remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package 'mint-meta-debian-cinnamon' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
luca@work ~ $ sudo apt install cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
cinnamon is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
luca@work ~ $ sudo apt remove cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  cinnamon
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2.249 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
(Reading database ... 206239 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.42.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.42.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18) ...

After this I did autoclean, upgrade and dist-upgrade without any errors.

So I retry:

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luca@work ~ $ sudo apt install cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Recommended packages:
  cinnamon-bluetooth
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cinnamon
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/472 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2.249 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package cinnamon.
(Reading database ... 206080 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cinnamon_2.6.7+betsy_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.42.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.42.1-1) ...
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
luca@work ~ $ sudo apt-get 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.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Maybe the cause is in another place?

[killer de bug]

hum that's strange
Could you check if you have the complained file?

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usr/bin/cinnamon-preload-wrapper

After the removal of Cinnamon, does this work?

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apt remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon

or

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apt autoremove 

edit: before reinstalling cinnamon, could you please do an:

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apt clean && apt update

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apt install cinnamon

[luandrea]

OK, here is the other outputs:

luca@work ~ $ apt policy cinnamon-screensaver
cinnamon-screensaver:
Installed: 2.6.3+betsy
Candidate: 2.6.3+betsy
Version table:
*** 2.6.3+betsy 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ betsy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.2.4-6 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages

These are the outputs for the three commands that you suggest:

luca@work ~ $ apt remove cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cinnamon
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2.249 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
(Reading database ... 206239 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.42.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.42.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18) ...

luca@work ~ $ apt remove mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'mint-meta-debian-cinnamon' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
luca@work ~ $ apt autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[killer de bug]

ok this is good.

Now let's try to install either cinnamon or mint-meta-debian-cinnamon. Please clean the cache and perform an apt update before:

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apt clean && apt update && apt install mint-meta-debian-cinnamon

[luandrea]

Ok, I did what you suggested, but the output was the same.

I remember now that, when the upgrade had this problem, I see an error about /usr/lib/cinnamon that was missing and I manually added.

Now I removed it again and the error is this:

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luca@work /usr/lib $ apt install mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mint-meta-debian-cinnamon is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [S/n] s
Setting up cinnamon (2.6.7+betsy) ...
W: pycompile:246: No such file or directory: /usr/lib/cinnamon
bash: cinnamon-preload-wrapper: command not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript cinnamon, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cinnamon (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mint-meta-debian-cinnamon:
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon depends on cinnamon; however:
  Package cinnamon is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mint-meta-debian-cinnamon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cinnamon
 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1