John

Thanks for writing to me...

> Does sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop work? 

Yes.. it does...

# sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri python2.4-kde3 python2.4-qt3
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
  avahi-daemon hwdb-client-kde kbstate kde-guidance-powermanager 
kde-icons-mono kmag
  kmousetool libavahi-core4 libdaemon0 libgl1-mesa-glx 
linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic
  linux-headers-generic python-elementtree python-qt4 python-sip4 xorg
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
  libgl1-mesa python2.4-sip4-qt3
The following packages have been kept back:
  hpijs python-adns python-clientcookie python-crypto 
python-egenix-mxproxy
  python-egenix-mxstack python-egenix-mxtexttools 
python-egenix-mxtools python-gadfly
  python-htmlgen python-htmltmpl python-imaging python-imaging-sane 
python-jabber python-kde3
  python-kjbuckets python-ldap python-mysqldb python-pam 
python-pexpect python-pgsql
  python-pylibacl python-pyopenssl python-pyxattr python-qt3 
python-reportlab python-simpletal
  python-soappy python-sqlite python-syck python-xmpp 
x-window-system-core
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  avahi-daemon hwdb-client-kde kbstate kde-guidance-powermanager 
kde-icons-mono kmag
  kmousetool kubuntu-desktop libavahi-core4 libdaemon0 libgl1-mesa-glx
  linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic linux-headers-generic 
python-elementtree python-qt4
  python-sip4 xorg
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgl1-mesa python2.4-sip4-qt3
0 packages upgraded, 17 newly installed, 2 to remove and 32 not 
upgraded.
Need to get 9005kB/9313kB of archives. After unpacking 46.3MB will be 
used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python2.4-qt3: Depends: python2.4-sip4-qt3 (>= 4.3) but it is not 
installable
                 Depends: python2.4-sip4-qt3 (< 4.4) but it is not 
installable
  python2.4-kde3: Depends: python2.4-sip4-qt3 (>= 4.3) but it is not 
installable
                  Depends: python2.4-sip4-qt3 (< 4.4) but it is not 
installable
  libgl1-mesa-dev: Depends: libgl1-mesa (= 6.5.1+cvs20060824) but it 
is not installable
  libgl1-mesa-dri: Depends: libgl1-mesa (= 6.5.1+cvs20060824) but it 
is not installable
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
hwdb-client-kde [Not Installed]
kubuntu-desktop [Not Installed]
python-qt4 [Not Installed]
python-sip4 [Not Installed]
python2.4-sip4-qt3 [4.3.2-0ubuntu2 (now)]

Downgrade the following packages:
libgl1-mesa-dev [6.5.1+cvs20060824 (now) -> 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3 
(edgy, edgy)]
libgl1-mesa-dri [6.5.1+cvs20060824 (now) -> 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3 
(edgy, edgy)]
mesa-common-dev [6.5.1+cvs20060824 (now) -> 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3 
(edgy, edgy)]

Score is -237

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]    


> also you can try 
> to install xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-all than try to
> install them. is this an upgrade from dapper or clean install of
> edgy?

It's an upgrade from a Dapper CD which came from the Ubuntu people.

> is this server install? 

No, it's my own workstation.


-- 
Richard
www.sheflug.org.uk