Unable to remove powermanager w/o making displayconfig-restore unuseable

[wolfgang]

Binary package hint: kde-guidance-powermanager

$
> $ sudo /usr/bin/displayconfig-restore
> Password:
> $ sudo /usr/bin/displayconfig-restore
> ######################## it works!
> $ sudo apt-get remove kde-guidance-powermanager
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
> kde-guidance-powermanager
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> kde-guidance-powermanager
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 315kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 88144 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing kde-guidance-powermanager ...
> $ sudo
> /usr/bin/displayconfig-restore
> #################### it does not work after uninstall!
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/displayconfig-restore", line 20, in ?
> import ixf86misc
> ImportError: No module named ixf86misc
> $ sudo apt-get install kde-guidance-powermanager
> ######################### lets install again
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> kde-guidance-powermanager
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/98.5kB of archives.
> After unpacking 315kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Selecting previously deselected package kde-guidance-powermanager.
> (Reading database ... 88108 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking kde-guidance-powermanager (from
> .../kde-guidance-powermanager_0.7.0-0ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up kde-guidance-powermanager (0.7.0-0ubuntu4) ...
>
> $ sudo
> /usr/bin/displayconfig-restore
> ####################### it works again!
> $
>
>
>

[Luka Renko (lure)]

I can confirm this issue - still not clear why this is happening, as ixf86misc is still installed...

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

It's caused by the debhelper generated prerm script for kde-guidance-powermanager which removes the python-support links for all of kde-guidance's files. It needs someone more experienced with python packages to know how to fix it.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

doko, can you advise on dh_pysupport issue?

[Luka Renko (lure)]

I cannot reproduce this problem on gutsy anymore.
Can somebody still reproduce this problem with up-to-date gutsy?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!