Comment 17 for bug 41023

Hi,

I'm getting the exact same error, and don't know how to fix it.

manuel@vicenta:/var/log$ cat dist-upgrade.log
2006-05-19 14:23:00,718 DEBUG Foreign:
2006-05-19 14:23:00,719 DEBUG Obsolete: tomboy libevms-2.5 ndiswrapper-utils ruby1.8 initng lsb-base ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.12-10-386 readline-common gaim-data totem libreadline5 libreadline4 fglrx-kernel-2.6.12-10-386 skype rhythmbox xorg-driver-fglrx libreadline-ruby1.8 postgresql-client-8.0 fglrx-kernel-source libpgsql-ruby1.8 evms-ncurses fglrx-control libssl0.9.8 libpq4 postgresql-common evms libtotem-plparser0 lighttpd ruby1.8-dev irb1.8 gaim libpq-dev libredcloth-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 serpentine totem-gstreamer eog postgresql-8.0 gthumb pmount
2006-05-19 14:23:00,720 DEBUG updateSourcesList()
2006-05-19 14:23:00,723 DEBUG rewriteSourcesList()
2006-05-19 14:23:00,725 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted'
2006-05-19 14:23:00,725 DEBUG entry 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted' updated to new dist
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted'
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG entry 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted' updated to new dist2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse'
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG entry 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse' updated to new dist
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted'
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted' updated to new dist
2006-05-19 14:23:00,726 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe'
2006-05-19 14:23:00,727 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe' updated to new dist
2006-05-19 14:26:03,152 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade
2006-05-19 14:26:03,153 DEBUG Removing 'xchat' (ubuntu-desktop PostUpgradeRemove rule)
2006-05-19 14:26:03,240 DEBUG Removing 'xscreensaver' (ubuntu-desktop PostUpgradeRemove rule)
2006-05-19 14:26:03,241 DEBUG Purging 'xorg-common' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2006-05-19 14:26:03,529 DEBUG The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist
2006-05-19 14:26:14,518 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be removed'
manuel@vicenta:/var/log$ cat dist-upgrade-apt.log
Starting
Starting 2
Done
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on xchat
  Considering xchat 10002 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
  Removing ubuntu-desktop rather than change xchat
Done