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[Bug 659610] [NEW] 10.04 to 10.10 error E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle.

 

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

uname -a
Linux MYTH64 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release:	10.04


I was trying to a upgrade to Mythbuntu 10.10 x64 from 10.04 x64

root@MYTH64:~# do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading            
extracting 'maverick.tar.gz'
authenticate 'maverick.tar.gz' against 'maverick.tar.gz.gpg' 
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 

Updating repository information
WARNING: Failed to read mirror file

Third party sources disabled

Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can 
re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool 
or your package manager. 

[100%] 596kB/s 0s 
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Do you want to start the upgrade?


6 installed packages are no longer supported by Canonical. You can 
still get support from the community. 

5 packages are going to be removed. 95 new packages are going to be 
installed. 824 packages are going to be upgraded. 

You have to download a total of 54.9M. This download will take about 
1 minute with your connection. 

Fetching and installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the 
download has finished, the process cannot be cancelled. 

 Continue [yN]  Details [d]y

Fetching
[100%] 196kB/s 0s  1s  
Upgrading
Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle.

Could not install the upgrades

Error during commit 
'E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, 
probably a dependency cycle.' 
Restoring original system state 


Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: x11-common 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 12 20:53:47 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=c309d5da-450f-43f6-be4d-78bbc6b12b87 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 04/06/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: GTG4310H.86A.0031.2010.0406.1752
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: DG43GT
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE62768-300
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrGTG4310H.86A.0031.2010.0406.1752:bd04/06/2010:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG43GT:rvrAAE62768-300:cvn:ct3:cvr:
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.32-25-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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10.04 to 10.10 error E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659610
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