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Gnome Update Error?

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Gnome Update Error?

#1 Post by eddowii »

Hello,

I have recently updated my GNOME installation from 3.x to 3.14. Suddenly, there are many glitches. The power buttons on the power menu does nothing, I am forced to shut down via the terminal, everything goes black every now and again, and there is a weird colour pattern behind some icons when I hover over them. But most importantly, the icons and text do not show up on the "Activities -> Show Applications -> All" menu. They still there, as you can see the opening animation before they disappear, and I can click on them, but you just can't see them. The "Frequent" menu works fine. Here is a YouTube video I have made to explain my problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGFpGJ9JhjA

Cheers,

Eddie.

P.S. Yes, I did change the icons, but this was after these problems started happening, and so it should be un-related.

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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

eddowii wrote:I have recently updated my GNOME installation from 3.x to 3.14.
Please describe in as much detail as possible how exactly you did this.
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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#3 Post by eddowii »

IIRC, I tried to install Fritzing, (using sudo apt-get install Fritzing) and it said it required libglib2.0-0, and so I tried to install that, using sudo apt-get again. Unfortunately, there was an error, it said that it conflicted with glib-networking, so I removed said application. I rebooted, and GNOME did not work. I mean, it was like GNOME was not installed. (on a side-note, startx has never done anything) So I did "sudo apt-get install gnome" and reinstalled GNOME.

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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Please post the output of:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d
apt-cache policy
Please use code tags when posting terminal output -- use the "Quote" button on this post to see how I have done this.
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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#5 Post by eddowii »

Here's the result, sorry for the delay.

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eddie@BOYSDEB:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
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## 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20150110-13:31]/ wheezy main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20150110-13:31]/ wheezy main

# deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

#Edited on 10 APR 2015 15:47
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
#Done Editing.
deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian squeeze main
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy main
--------------------------

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eddie@BOYSDEB:~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d
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dropbox.list.save               webupd8team-java.list
gnome3-team-gnome3-wheezy.list  webupd8team-java.list.save
google-chrome.list              webupd8team-java-wheezy.list
google-chrome.list.save         webupd8team-java-wheezy.list.save
mono-xamarin.list               webupd8team-popcorntime.list
mono-xamarin.list.save          webupd8team-popcorntime.list.save
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eddie@BOYSDEB:~$ apt-cache policy
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Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/popcorntime/ubuntu/ trusty/main Translation-en
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/popcorntime/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-popcorntime,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=Popcorn Time,c=main
     origin ppa.launchpad.net
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ trusty/main Translation-en
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-java,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=Oracle Java (JDK) 7 / 8 / 9 Installer PPA,c=main
     origin ppa.launchpad.net
 500 http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=Xamarin,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Xamarin-Stable,c=main
     origin download.mono-project.com
 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
     release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main
     origin dl.google.com
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
     release v=7.8,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.de.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
     release v=6.0.10,o=Debian,a=oldoldstable,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.de.debian.org
 500 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports/main Translation-en
 100 http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages
     release o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=main
     origin cdn.debian.net
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/non-free Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/non-free i386 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=oldstable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/contrib i386 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=oldstable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/main i386 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=oldstable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-free Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/contrib Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=8.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.uk.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=8.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.uk.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable/main i386 Packages
     release v=8.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.uk.debian.org
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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

You have lots of Ubuntu PPAs -- this is a bad idea.

You have "Stable" in your sources.list as well as "Wheezy" and this means you now have a mixed Wheezy & Jessie system (Jessie transferred to Stable last weekend); and Squeeze as well -- quite a combination.

Please read the bottom link in my signature.

You will probably have to re-install -- I have no experience of fixing FrankenDebian systems...

Perhaps a more expert forum member will be able to offer more help.
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#7 Post by eddowii »

Thanks, I will try a few things, and report back here later.

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#8 Post by confuseling »

Arrrgh! It burns mine eyes! :)

You should probably reinstall, it'll be a lot easier.

I'm no expert either, but if you want to try to recover it, basically back up your data, run

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apt-show-versions | grep -v stable | grep -v 'not installed'
(you might need to exchange 'jessie' for 'stable', depends if it follows the sources, I don't know) and uninstall anything that shows up. There might be some bits you can't uninstall, maybe you can use 'apt-get -t stable install <package>' to up/downgrade them, if not leave them for now.

Then remove everything from the sources apart from Jessie, try to complete an upgrade to Jessie (check the release notes). Then repeat the process of trying to remove anything that isn't from Jessie.

But yeah, I'd call it a learning experience and reinstall. And never make a Frankendebian again.
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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#9 Post by eddowii »

Thanks, however I already fixed this myself before reading your post. I did:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
And then I installed burg.
Afterwards, I removed all of the UBUNTU PPAs, and all of the unnecessary sources.
My sources list is now the following:

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## 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

#Edited on 10 APR 2015 15:47
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
P.S. I am not a n00b, I just haven't needed to use this forum before. :lol:

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#10 Post by dilberts_left_nut »

eddowii wrote:P.S. I am not a n00b,
Your sources.list says otherwise ... :wink:
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#11 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

eddowii wrote:Thanks, however I already fixed this myself before reading your post. I did:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Yeah, good luck with that...
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Re: Gnome Update Error?

#12 Post by eddowii »

Image
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#13 Post by eddowii »

dilberts_left_nut wrote:
eddowii wrote:P.S. I am not a n00b,
Your sources.list says otherwise ... :wink:
I did not edit that file. I genuinely have no idea why the file was in that state.

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#14 Post by eddowii »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
eddowii wrote:Thanks, however I already fixed this myself before reading your post. I did:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Yeah, good luck with that...
It worked, and I am now fixed.

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#15 Post by fireExit »

eddowii wrote:Thanks, however I already fixed this myself before reading your post. I did:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
And then I installed burg.
Afterwards, I removed all of the UBUNTU PPAs, and all of the unnecessary sources.
My sources list is now the following:

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## 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

#Edited on 10 APR 2015 15:47
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
P.S. I am not a n00b, I just haven't needed to use this forum before. :lol:
And you think it is a good idea to run without security support?

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#16 Post by stevepusser »

Also, since having "stable" instead of the release name, formerly wheezy, now jessie, was the root cause of your problem, you did not think to correct this? Sure, the next jump to stretch is years down the road, but still...
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#17 Post by dasein »

eddowii wrote:Image
I hereby announce my intent to plagiarize, er, I mean, re-use, this image at every opportunity.

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#18 Post by eddowii »

fireExit wrote:
eddowii wrote:Thanks, however I already fixed this myself before reading your post. I did:

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
And then I installed burg.
Afterwards, I removed all of the UBUNTU PPAs, and all of the unnecessary sources.
My sources list is now the following:

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## 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 2$

# deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

#Edited on 10 APR 2015 15:47
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
P.S. I am not a n00b, I just haven't needed to use this forum before. :lol:
And you think it is a good idea to run without security support?
:oops:

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