Comment 30 for bug 855793

In the duplicate of this bug (861827) I had uploaded a piece of log files that indicated as suspect the "(gtk-update-icon-cache:12763): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf loader module file '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache': No such file or directory" warning on apt/term.log.

I tried again today to perform a full upgrade via muon in a clean virtualbox environment (kubuntu 11.10 release). The only step that was different from my first attempt was that I installed at first the kde-window-manager - > the package on which my fist attempt stuck. Nevertheless, the upgrade process hanged in the middle. In the log files, the 'suspicious' GdkPixbuf-WARNING warning was NOT present and no errors were found at all. (apt/term.log, apt/history.log, dpkg.log).

I tried a second attempt of a full upgrade, disabling at first the nepomuk file indexer (because of the entries I found in~/ .xsession-errors). Same result - hanged in 54% . The GdkPixbuf-WARNING was not there again.

Thus, I conclude that the problem is 'somewhere' else (I have no idea where...)

SInce this bug is a stairway to hell for an unexcperienced user (following a simple intuitive step of a full upgrade clicking on a system notification, you get back a broken system ) I think that if no fix can be found, It would be better in the next release no package application that breaks the sytstem to be in the distribution.