Broken packages after upgrading to Lubuntu 12.10

[Mr.MountainLurk]

After upgrading form Lubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 I got the message that I have 2 broken packages:

linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic
linux-image-generic

How do I fix this? I'm not that familiar with ubuntu yet :-P

I'm on a old IBM Thinkpad R50e
Intel Celeron M 1.4GHz
768MB RAM

Dualboot with Windows 7

[Sealbhach]

Try this first. In a terminal paste or write this command:


sudo dpkg --configure -aIf it gives you back any interesting comments copy and paste them here.

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[Mr.MountainLurk]

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
skype depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3); however:
Package libqt4-dbus is not installed.
skype depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0); however:
Package libqt4-network is not installed.
skype depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3); however:
Package libqt4-xml is not installed.
skype depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1); however:
Package libqtcore4 is not installed.
skype depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0); however:
Package libqtgui4 is not installed.
skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.2~2011week36); however:
Package libqtwebkit4 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing skype (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic is not installed.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic:
linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic depends on linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic is not installed.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic; however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
skype
linux-image-generic
linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic
linux-generic

[Sealbhach]

OK. Do a dist-upgrade


sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If that doesn't fix it just reinstall those packages mentioned


sudo apt-get install --reinstall skype linux-image-generic linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic

That should probably clear it.


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[Mr.MountainLurk]

Nope, neighter worked :-(

vegard@vegard-ThinkPad-R50e:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for vegard:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic but it is not installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic but it is not installed
skype : Depends: libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
Depends: libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
Depends: libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but it is not installed
Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
Depends: libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.2~2011week36) but it is not installed
Recommends: sni-qt but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
vegard@vegard-ThinkPad-R50e:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall skype linux-image-generic linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic but it is not going to be installed
skype : Depends: skype-bin but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Can it have something to do with my cpu not having support for "pae"?

[Sealbhach]

There is a problem with your software sources I think, check them and make sure you have got all the software sources for 12.10.

Post your sources list here, maybe we can get to the bottom of it. You can quickly see them with:


cat /etc/apt/sources.listAlso check what kernel you're using, if the problem one is not the current one you're using you can just delete it.


uname -rvp.

[Mr.MountainLurk]

Sources list:

vegard@vegard-ThinkPad-R50e:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Lubuntu 12.04 _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main




vegard@vegard-ThinkPad-R50e:~$ uname -rvp
3.2.0-37-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 15:28:57 UTC 2013 i686

Really thanks a lot for the help :)

[dino99]

that line should not be commented out:


# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

remove # to get:

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

by using :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then update; if the problem persist, then purge the libqt4*/skype packages, then reinstall them after having tried to fix the kernel issue (using synaptic; install it if necessary)

[Mr.MountainLurk]

Uncomment this as well?
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

The uncomment did'nt work :-/

Removed all the skype packages. All the libqt4 packages as well?

The problem started before I installed anything btw. It was a clean 12.04 install upgraded to 12.10.

[7bit]

could you please try to run that script as root:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1622104/

(save it a a file, chmod +x the file and then run it with sudo)

and then again try to (re)install that linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic package? I am asking this because I think I have found a way to install these pae kernels on my ThinkPad T40 without jumping through too many hoops. I have already running the Quantal-pae kernel on my T40 (rest of the system is still Precise) and after patching the /proc/cpuinfo this kernel intalled without any problems (and it boots and works perfectly on this Pentium-M).

Since you are using a ThinkPad fom that era too I believe it might work on your system too.

Please do NOT uninstall your old 3.2 Kernel before you are 100% sure the 3.5-pae actually boots and runs without problems.

[Mr.MountainLurk]

It worked! Thanks a lot! :o)

[7bit]

It worked! Thanks a lot! :o)

this is good to hear :-)

please also see this other thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12498964
this is where this script came from. I am planning to convert this into a .deb package soon that can be installed on the affected thinkpad models and that would solve these update problems (also all future kernel updates and updates to Ubuntu 13.xx and 14.xx and later) automatically once and for all.

[ClausQ]

could you please try to run that script as root:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1622104/

(save it a a file, chmod +x the file and then run it with sudo)

and then again try to (re)install that linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic package? I am asking this because I think I have found a way to install these pae kernels on my ThinkPad T40 without jumping through too many hoops. I have already running the Quantal-pae kernel on my T40 (rest of the system is still Precise) and after patching the /proc/cpuinfo this kernel intalled without any problems (and it boots and works perfectly on this Pentium-M).

Since you are using a ThinkPad fom that era too I believe it might work on your system too.

Please do NOT uninstall your old 3.2 Kernel before you are 100% sure the 3.5-pae actually boots and runs without problems.

Hi 7bit,

I have exactly the same problem on a Fujitsu Stylistic tablet, but now the link in your post is 'dead'. Could you maybe repost? Thanks

-- update: now I read your other post and used your package - works perfectly! Thanks and sorry for posting ...

Cheers, Claus