Broken Packages

[NoWorries]

For several days now I have been getting a list of packages that are broken. I have checked the ones that are to be updated and if I did, half my desktop would be gone. What I get is:

:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 4
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 4
Investigating (0) libkf5notifications5 [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161015.0215-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1347-0 > ( libs )
Broken libkf5notifications5:amd64 Depends on libkf5notifications-data [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161015.0215-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1347-0 > ( libs ) (= 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161015.0215-0)
  Considering libkf5notifications-data:amd64 34 as a solution to libkf5notifications5:amd64 151
  Added libkf5notifications-data:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libkf5notifications5:amd64 via keep of libkf5notifications-data:amd64
Investigating (0) libkf5wallet5 [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0609-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1415-0 > ( libs )
Broken libkf5wallet5:amd64 Depends on libkf5wallet-data [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0609-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1415-0 > ( libs ) (= 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0609-0)
  Considering libkf5wallet-data:amd64 14 as a solution to libkf5wallet5:amd64 88
  Added libkf5wallet-data:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libkf5wallet5:amd64 via keep of libkf5wallet-data:amd64
 Try to Re-Instate (0) libkf5notifications-data:amd64
Investigating (0) libkf5notifyconfig5 [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0712-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1529-0 > ( libs )
Broken libkf5notifyconfig5:amd64 Depends on libkf5notifyconfig-data [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0712-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1529-0 > ( libs ) (= 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0712-0)
  Considering libkf5notifyconfig-data:amd64 9 as a solution to libkf5notifyconfig5:amd64 28
  Added libkf5notifyconfig-data:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libkf5notifyconfig5:amd64 via keep of libkf5notifyconfig-data:amd64
 Try to Re-Instate (0) libkf5wallet-data:amd64
 Try to Re-Instate (0) libkf5notifyconfig-data:amd64
Investigating (0) libkf5khtml5 [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0724-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1541-0 > ( libs )
Broken libkf5khtml5:amd64 Depends on libkf5khtml-data [ amd64 ] < 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0724-0 -> 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161102.1541-0 > ( libs ) (= 5.27.0+p16.04+git20161011.0724-0)
  Considering libkf5khtml-data:amd64 2 as a solution to libkf5khtml5:amd64 8
  Added libkf5khtml-data:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libkf5khtml5:amd64 via keep of libkf5khtml-data:amd64
 Try to Re-Instate (0) libkf5khtml-data:amd64
Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcuda1-361 nvidia-opencl-icd-361
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
  libkf5khtml-data libkf5notifications-data libkf5notifyconfig-data libkf5wallet-data
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 4 not to upgrade.

Is there a way to resolve this problem?

[wizard10000]

I would suggest just waiting. I've seen pretty much the same thing in Debian Unstable for the last couple of days except that my installation also offers to remove dolphin.

Let it go for a couple more days or until apt stops offering to remove half your system

[MoonRise]

Yeah, I'm in windows right now as an update that appeared to be from the Neon packages broke my plasma greeters and all. Can't even log-in but at the command line. Trying to find the command line to do the updates as I don't remember. Hope that pulls in something that fixes the issue.

[MoonRise]

nothing out there. Anyone know how to reset to the default greeter/log-in screen without a GUI session?

[wizard10000]

nothing out there. Anyone know how to reset to the default greeter/log-in screen without a GUI session?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm?

[MoonRise]

I'll give it a try?

[MoonRise]

Acted as though there was nothing to reconfigure. I guess I'm going to have to reinstall.....

[wizard10000]

You could try reinstalling sddm but I wouldn't have high hopes for that. You could install another display manager temporarily, lightdm would probably be my first choice.

[MoonRise]

I'll just do a reinstall when I can. I have this boot USB that is doing for now. Really would like to know if one can log-in to the desktop when the log-in screen is borked. Or even if that can be fixed and the command line. Such is life I guess.

[wizard10000]

You should be able to startx if the display manager is broken. If that doesn't work there's more broken than the display manager

You may need to add this to ~/.xinitrc, though -

#!/bin/bash

exec startkde

Could be ~/.xsession, though - my .xsession is just a symlink to .xinitrc

[GreyGeek]

What does journalctl tell you?

[MoonRise]

@wiz: I do believe X has started. I can see where the log-in screen is trying to be displayed but for most parts all black with some graphical corruption here and there.

@GG: I will see.

[MoonRise]

@GG: That was helpful. SDDM complaining abut GL functions and then exits with code 6 (whatever code 6 is). Seems I do remember an nVidia driver update that was applied. I'll have to find the command line function I used before to un-install and let the generic driver take over and hope and pray and cross my fingers that works.

[MoonRise]

That's what it was. My system was stable with version 304 of the driver but that update of it borked it somehow. I'll stay on this newer driver verison and see but at least I'm in and didn't have to reinstall the whole OS.

[GreyGeek]

Try these steps:
Log into the recovery menu.
1) Run fsck. If it reports errors repeat until it does not. If it cannot fix some HD errors you have an HD problem'
2) Then take the root option, and at the prompt remount the HD as rw:
mount -o remount, rw, /
Then connect to the Internet by plugging an ethernet cable into your box and
dhclient eth0
Now, run

dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install

over and over till they report no errors.
Then reinstall the kubuntu-desktop

apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop
apt-get build-dep kubuntu-desktop


When it is done, reboot.

EDIT: I totally missed your post about resolving your problem, so the above advice isn't needed.