[SLUG] Debian - Gnome 2

[Jamie]

All working now, cheers gav!

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 11:35, Adams, Jamie wrote:
> I know you are all probably sick of these Debian questions, but I have
> installed  it again. And im going to stick with it this time!
> 
> Anyhow, im still having a few problems. I have searched through google, and
> the documentation but cant find an answer, or anyone else that has had the
> same problem.
> 
> I am trying to update my desktop. Ideally, I would like to install Gnome 2,
> but its not going quite as smoothly as I would like it to.
> 
> I have followed the instructions and inserted the following in my
> /etc/apt/sources.list file:
> 
> deb cdrom:[Debian 3.0 DVD]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> non-US/non-free non-free
> deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2
> deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2
> # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> Now, the instructions tell me to run:
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get install gnome gdm2
> 
> So I do and get the following:
> 
> jasmin:/home/jay# apt-get update
> Hit http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Packages
> Ign http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Release
> Hit http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Sources
> Ign http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Release
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> 
> jasmin:/home/jay# apt-get install gnome gdm2
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   gdm2: Depends: libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.0.3) but it is not going to be
> installed
>         Depends: libgnome2-0 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
>         Depends: libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
>         Depends: libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.0.4) but it is not going to be
> installed
>   gnome: Depends: bug-buddy (>= 2.2.0) but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: gnome-control-center (>= 2.0.1.1-3) but it is not going to
> be installed
>          Depends: libeel2-2 but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: eog (>= 1.0.3) but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: gnome-applets (>= 2.0.3-2) but it is not going to be
> installed
>          Depends: gnome-panel (>= 2.0.9-3) but it is not going to be
> installed
>          Depends: gnome-session (>= 2.0.7-2) but it is not going to be
> installed
>          Depends: gnome-system-monitor but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: gnome-terminal but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: gnome-utils (>= 1.106) but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: libgail-gnome0 but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: nautilus2 (>= 2.0.7) but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: yelp but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: gnome-media (>= 2.0.2.5) but it is not going to be
> installed
>          Depends: gedit (>= 2.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
>          Depends: file-roller (>= 2.0.2) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Sorry, broken packages
> 
> Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
> 
> Also, sound still isnt working with the onboard chipset, the Alsa-Source
> seemed to install okay, but im getting 'unresolved symbols' or something
> like that when trying to load the module for my card. I went out and bought
> a cheapy Soundblaster 128 PCI, but I had no joy with this either. Can anyone
> suggest a decent (cheap) sound card?
> 
> 
> 
> Jamie Adams
> Housing Assistant
> Scarborough
> 
> Tel:  (01723) 340142
> Eml: jamie.adams at homegroup.org.uk
> 
> 
> 
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