[Bug 364891] Re: package ubuntu-desktop 1.102 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

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[Expired for ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
60 days.]

** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  package ubuntu-desktop 1.102 failed to install/upgrade: dependency
  problems - leaving unconfigured

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I'm running 8.04 (HH) with "proposed updates" and the system is fully up to date.
  I had used another theme "Blubuntu" that I wished to remove and it was after uninstalling Blubuntu that I forced an update of ubuntu-desktop.  I'm not sure, there may also have been an update to ubuntu-desktop too.  However, I am sure there was an upgrade of HAL that had failed to install.

  This appears to have been caused by the upgrade of HAL not completing.  This is because the update of HAL cannot complete while HAL is running (meaning it doesn't work from within the graphical "Update Manager").
  I fixed the HAL update (and the desktop one too) by
  1) Starting a console session (ATL-CTRL-F1)
  2) logged in
  3) sudo killall gdm
  4) sudo killall hald
  (to ensure no HAL running).
  5) sudo aptitude
  this identified the two partially installed packages (HAL and Ubuntu-Desktop) and completed their installation.
  6) reboot

  All fine now.

  This problem of updates to HAL failing needs to be addressed:
  something needs adding to the start-up so that in the event of hal
  updates, then at the next reboot a dpkg is run to complete the HAL
  installation.  Normal users are not able to deal with this level of
  complexity.

  David

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Apr 21 21:04:35 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.102
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  Title: package ubuntu-desktop 1.102 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-rt i686

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