Removing ALSA via software center causes key elements in GNOME to be removed, and causes crash in the process

[Moshpet]

Binary package hint: software-center

Bear with me this is a bit convoluted.

First, due to a problem with alsa suddenly not finding my audio card, I figured I would give OSS a shot.

So I went to my Software Center and proceeded to remove all ALSA stuff that it listed under installed software.

Then as I worked down the list, I watched in horror as my GNOME stuff started to go wonky, then crash.

Evidently there is -1- module in GNOME that is tied into the ALSA that if you remove that part/App in ALSA, it causes
Gnome to gut itself in a flurry of un-installs.

Which if you are new to Ubuntu or even Linux in general it is rather disheartening.

If it were not for my dual boot to winbloz I'd have not got past the command prompt.

I am going to deliberately remove thevarious ALSA packages to sort out which package is doing this & will report back once I've figured out which one is the culprit.
I expect I will be able to crash GNOME & my pc via the Software Center yet again.

I'm not amused, this sort of thing should not be possible.
M.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: software-center 2.0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 19 21:32:05 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

[Moshpet (moshpet01)]

Ok the problem is in the Shared Libraries for Alsa Aplications, you remove this via Software Centers (Presumedly the script for it) it then guts your Gnome display environment and causes a crash.

There is no reason that I can think of, that your ALSA audio functionality, should be tied into GNOME so deeply that it's removal causes your computer to crash.

If it were not for my having set up a KDE as part of my testing, I'd be SOL about now.
I've not had much Linux time under my belt to deal with sort of absurdity with out having a way to get to the web somehow.

I hope you can sort out your removal scripts so the next newbie that does it doesn't run screaming back to winbloz.

M.

[Andrew (and471)]

Hi Moshpet,

Sorry this happened to you and to stop it from happening to others we need a little but of your help. Could you reply with which package it was that removed all these things?

[Moshpet (moshpet01)]

 Shared Libraries for Alsa Aplications,

This is where I tracked it to, & it's actually the name/group I removed via software center that caused it to gut GNOME. (Several months ago.) I've not tested it since, but I suspect it either got fixed or was too low of a priority. (or fixed and not annotated.)

I'll try and find time this week to test.
D.

--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Andrew <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Andrew <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 567033] Re: Removing ALSA via software center causes key elements in GNOME to be removed, and causes crash in the process
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 10:04 AM

Hi Moshpet,

Sorry this happened to you and to stop it from happening to others we
need a little but of your help. Could you reply with which package it
was that removed all these things?

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Removing ALSA via software center causes key elements in GNOME to be removed, and causes crash in the process
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Bear with me this is a bit convoluted.

First, due to a problem with alsa suddenly not finding my audio card, I figured I would give OSS a shot.

So I went to my Software Center and proceeded to remove all ALSA stuff that it listed under installed software.

Then as I worked down the list, I watched in horror as my GNOME stuff started to go wonky, then crash.

Evidently there is -1- module in GNOME that is tied into the ALSA that if you remove that part/App  in ALSA, it causes
Gnome to gut itself in a flurry of un-installs.

Which if you are new to Ubuntu or even Linux in general it is rather disheartening.

If it were not for my dual boot to winbloz I'd have not got past the command prompt.

I am going to deliberately remove thevarious  ALSA packages  to sort out which package is doing this & will report back once I've figured out which one is the culprit.
I expect I will be able to crash GNOME & my pc via the Software Center yet again.

I'm not amused, this sort of thing should not be possible.
M.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: software-center 2.0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 19 21:32:05 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

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[Omer Akram (om26er)]

system shared libraries have so many things depending on them when you try to remove them this type of things happen. didnt software center notify about the things it will remove during the process?

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

Thanks for the bug report! We are currently tracking this issue over at bug 668382.