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 >>> >> >