[lucid] update-notifier 99 breaks ubuntu-desktop

[Karl Larsen]

On 03/20/2010 09:33 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 20 March 2010 14:53, Colin Law<clanlaw at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> On 20 March 2010 07:19, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>      
>>> On 03/19/2010 11:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 03/19/2010 11:31 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>> Anyone else having issues with the update-notifier upgrades this evening?
>>>>>
>>>>> update-notifier-common removes ubuntu-desktop and update-notifier -
>>>>> result is a desktop background with no panels. Mouse works,
>>>>> Alt-CTRL-F1-6 works, but nothing else (including booting into failsafe
>>>>> mode&  attempting to reinstall ubuntu-desktop results in:
>>>>>
>>>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>>>   ubuntu-desktop: Depends: update-notifier but it is not going to be
>>>>> installed
>>>>>   E: Broken packages
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried to file a bug report on launchpad, but launchpad is so screwed up
>>>>> following their "upgrade" that I only get:
>>>>> ====
>>>>> Unexpected form data
>>>>>
>>>>> Launchpad doesn't understand the form data submitted in this request.
>>>>> ====
>>>>>
>>>>> The update is from update-notifier 98 to 99&  99 seems to be the culprit.
>>>>>
>>>>> On another test system I've held back all of the update-notifier
>>>>> upgrades&  that seems to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> May have found the appropriate bug report:
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdbs/+bug/542343
>>>> [gnome-panel will not autostart on lucid]
>>>> So heads-up!!
>>>>          
>>> Don't update for a day or two&  hopefully all will get sorted out.
>>>        
>> I see from the above bug report that all should now be fixed.  Just
>> check that the latest versions of gnome-panel and nautilus on your
>> mirror by checking the description in Update Manager.  Look for
>> -0ubuntu3 in the version, not -0ubuntu2.
>>
>> Just going to try it now.
>>      
> Updated and all ok for me at least. Checked still ok after reboot also.
>
> Colin
>
>    
     I just got the latest Updates and rebooted and everything appears fine.

73 Karl