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

[Jaakan Shorter]

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

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

Same here on a regular Ubuntu AMD64.

Ciao

Martin

[Andrew Kirkpatrick (ubermonk)]

I'm running into this error while trying to upgrade to Maverick from Lucid on AMD64.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey Jaakan,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.