Partial Upgrade Newbie - broken desktop environment

[brynellis]

Hi

I'm not all that new to Linux but I'm pretty green on upgrades/updates etc. I know the basics but nothing more. I've just proved that by doing a partial upgrade and now I'm left with a working system but one that looks horrible.

I'd already upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 and that had gone well even though I hate the new 'Unity' desktop so have reverted to the much better 'Ubuntu Classic'.

This morning Update Manager showed 'Partial Upgrade' and I was in a hurry so instead of looking up what that meant I just went ahead and did it! Very bad I know, but I've done it now and have learnt my lesson.

So, now what I've ended up with is a horrible almost X windows like login screen that only has the option to login with Ubuntu, Recovery or Customized. When I login with Ubuntu I get the Unity bar down the left hand side which works fine but whenever you minimise something it stays in the main part of the screen, even though it has actually minimised it.

Do I just need to wait for more updates now to fix this or is it not repairable?

When it prompted to Keep or Remove packages at the end I clicked remove. I don't like having unused stuff around. That was probably wrong too.

Sorry for being a dork, your help would be much appreciated.

Regards
Bryn

[jerrrys]

i think i would try to complete the update in terminal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[brynellis]

Thank you. I'll try that tonight when I get home.

[brynellis]

Ah, that's a shame. That didn't work.

It upgraded things like Flash, Samba, Python and LibreOffice.

No difference to my environment though. Still don't get Ubuntu Classic choice and X like Unity type look and feel.

Anybody got any other ideas?

[jerrrys]

do you have any personal data on this copy? there are other things (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=965882) to try that should be safe, but there are no absolute guarantees.

[wildmanne39]

Hi

I'm not all that new to Linux but I'm pretty green on upgrades/updates etc. I know the basics but nothing more. I've just proved that by doing a partial upgrade and now I'm left with a working system but one that looks horrible.

I'd already upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 and that had gone well even though I hate the new 'Unity' desktop so have reverted to the much better 'Ubuntu Classic'.

This morning Update Manager showed 'Partial Upgrade' and I was in a hurry so instead of looking up what that meant I just went ahead and did it! Very bad I know, but I've done it now and have learnt my lesson.

So, now what I've ended up with is a horrible almost X windows like login screen that only has the option to login with Ubuntu, Recovery or Customized. When I login with Ubuntu I get the Unity bar down the left hand side which works fine but whenever you minimise something it stays in the main part of the screen, even though it has actually minimised it.

Do I just need to wait for more updates now to fix this or is it not repairable?

When it prompted to Keep or Remove packages at the end I clicked remove. I don't like having unused stuff around. That was probably wrong too.

Sorry for being a dork, your help would be much appreciated.

Regards
Bryn
Hi, you can also try
sudo dpkg --configure -a then
sudo apt-get update then
sudo apt-get install -f
when i finishes then do the next one and let us know if it worked.:)

[brynellis]

Huge thanks for your quick reply guys but I don't think this has worked.

So far I've only tried wildmanne39's suggestion. Here's what I did and the results (the error's are from my printer driver which isn't officially supported on Linux so I'm not worried if that has to go. I'll get another printer!):


bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for bryn:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-common:i386:
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1).
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1).
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.7).
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-common:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386:
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2-2).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.3).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.7).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libtiff4.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libx11-6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxext6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxfixes3.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxi6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxinerama1.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxml2 (>= 2.6.24).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxrandr2.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxrender1.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on cnijfilter-common (>= 2.90); however:
Package cnijfilter-common:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
cnijfilter-common:i386
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386
bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner amd64 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main amd64 Packages
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Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
gnome-user-share
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
bryn@blackbird:~$

I don't know if it helps at all but I've attached screenshots from Synaptic showing my repo's and update settings. There's also one showing how the desktop looks with everything looking very messy and mouse-overs not disappearing etc.

[wildmanne39]

Huge thanks for your quick reply guys but I don't think this has worked.

So far I've only tried wildmanne39's suggestion. Here's what I did and the results (the error's are from my printer driver which isn't officially supported on Linux so I'm not worried if that has to go. I'll get another printer!):


bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for bryn:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-common:i386:
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1).
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1).
cnijfilter-common:i386 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.7).
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-common:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386:
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2-2).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.3).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.7).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libtiff4.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libx11-6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxext6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxfixes3.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxi6.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxinerama1.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxml2 (>= 2.6.24).
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxrandr2.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on libxrender1.
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 depends on cnijfilter-common (>= 2.90); however:
Package cnijfilter-common:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
cnijfilter-common:i386
cnijfilter-ip2600series:i386
bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner amd64 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
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Reading package lists... Done
bryn@blackbird:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
gnome-user-share
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
bryn@blackbird:~$

I don't know if it helps at all but I've attached screenshots from Synaptic showing my repo's and update settings. There's also one showing how the desktop looks with everything looking very messy and mouse-overs not disappearing etc.

Hi, I have been reading your post over and over, it looks like you instlled gnome 3 is that right?

[brynellis]

I did try at one point yes but it didn't work. I can't remember what was wrong now but it told me I couldn't install it so I didn't go ahead.

I'd forgotten that I'd added the PPA for it. Should I remove that?

This is the URL I used to try gnome3 http://compixels.com/7664/how-to-install-gnome-3-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty-narwhal.

[brynellis]

Dont know if this might help. I've attached a list of installed packages.

[brynellis]

I've managed to get my Ubuntu Classic desktop back by reinstalling Gnome3 but it's still not all that great.

So, I've come to the conclusion that all these problems have probably been caused a) by me doing a partial upgrade and b) me messing with Gnome3.

So, my final conclusion is that I'm better off reinstalling back to 10.04LTS and waiting until 11.04 is more stable (and leaving Gnome3 well alone for a long time!).

I've got all my data and home partitions on separate partitions so I shouldn't lose anything through reinstalling.

Thanks for all your help and sorry for wasting your time. I'm going to stop messing with upgrades now and wait for stable releases.

[wildmanne39]

I've managed to get my Ubuntu Classic desktop back by reinstalling Gnome3 but it's still not all that great.

So, I've come to the conclusion that all these problems have probably been caused a) by me doing a partial upgrade and b) me messing with Gnome3.

So, my final conclusion is that I'm better off reinstalling back to 10.04LTS and waiting until 11.04 is more stable (and leaving Gnome3 well alone for a long time!).

I've got all my data and home partitions on separate partitions so I shouldn't lose anything through reinstalling.

Thanks for all your help and sorry for wasting your time. I'm going to stop messing with upgrades now and wait for stable releases.
Hi, that is why I asked if you had intalled gnome3 because I have read that once you have, you have to reinstall to get unity and gnome2 back.