Hi Folks, Thanks to these two people, my system no longer has this problem. Aptitude had taken it into its addled little mind to 'hold' kdelibs at 4.3.5a.dfsg.1-3. Overriding this (and upgrading to 4.3.5a.dfsg.1-5) fixed the problem. Next step, debug aptitude ;-)
On Dec 02 2006, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 08:50:01 +1100, M-L wrote: > > On Saturday 02 December 2006 08:35, Florian Kulzer sent this for all our > > perusal: > > >---> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:02:54 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > > >---> > Hi Folks, > > >---> > > > >---> > Like several others, I've got an etch installation with kde where > > >the > > >---> > kde control panel is empty. The last time this came up, someone > > >---> > pointed to a kind of lost and found within kde - it shows up as one > > > of ---> > the directory-like choices in that application menu. Sure > > > enough, > > > ---> > I've got a huge lost and found menu, which will probably let me get > > > at ---> > the various kde control center options, but what I want is to > > > fix > > > the ---> > control center. > > >---> > > > >---> > I don't know how kde works, internally. How do I get these tools to > > >---> > appear where they belong? Am I looking for a directory tree, to be > > >---> > fixed with mv, some text file to be editted, or (I fear) some binary > > >---> > file to be modified only with some doubtless graphical tool? > > >---> > > > >---> > Also, assuming I fix whatever got misinstalled, how do I avoid > > >having > > >---> > it break again every time some kde component is upgraded? > > >---> > > >---> This sounds like bug #397057 / #398734. It was supposedly fixed in > > >---> kdelibs 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-4. Which version of this package do you have > > >---> installed? (An up-to-date Etch system should have 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-5.) > > [...] > > > No my system doesn't have that and I looked through > > the /var/cache/apt/archives and that version isn't there either. I did an > > apt-get update/upgrade this morning and came up empty. > > But I have this version installed:- > > Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers > > Architecture: all > > Version: 4:3.5.3-1 > > Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1), kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.5.3-1) > > > > Maybe others only have this version installed. > > What is the output of "apt-cache policy kcontrol kdelibs"? > -- Arlie (Arlie Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
