xsm dependencies will remove most of gnome

[Thomas Templin]

Distribution: Breezy
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 6.8.2-53 and up
depends on
Package: xsm

sudo apt-get -s install xsm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fast-user-switch-applet flashplayer-mozilla gcm
  gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center
  gnome-core gnome-network gnome-office gnome-panel
  gnome-session gnome-swallow-applet gnome-terminal
  gnome-velocity gtk-engines-gtkstep libgcm0 medusa
  nautilus xfdeskmenu4 xlibs xmovie

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xsm
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 22 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Remv fast-user-switch-applet [0.2.4-0ubuntu2]
Remv flashplayer-mozilla [7.0.25-woody0.0]
Remv gcm [2.1.0+20031016.1-4]
Remv gnome-office [1:2.10.1.1ubuntu1]
Remv gnome-core [1:2.10.1.1ubuntu1]
Remv gnome-applets [2.12.0-0ubuntu1] [gnome-applets-data ]
Remv gnome-applets-data [2.12.0-0ubuntu1]
Remv nautilus [2.12.0-0ubuntu2]
Remv gnome-terminal [2.12.0-0ubuntu2]
Remv gnome-session [2.12.0-0ubuntu1]
Remv gnome-swallow-applet [1.2-1.1]
Remv gnome-panel [2.12.0-0ubuntu3]
Remv gnome-control-center [1:2.12.0-0ubuntu5]
Remv gnome-network [1.99.5-2]
Remv gnome-velocity [0.1.0beta-1]
Remv gtk-engines-gtkstep [2.2-1.1]
Remv libgcm0 [2.1.0+20031016.1-4]
Remv medusa [0.5.1-4]
Remv xfdeskmenu4 [4.0.0+cvs.20021222-2]
Remv xmovie [1.9-3]
Remv xlibs [6.8.2.dfsg.1-1]
Inst xsm (0.99.0-1 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy)
Conf xsm (0.99.0-1 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy)

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

That's odd. I have xsm installed here as part of the standard desktop install,
which includes GNOME.

Show us your /etc/apt/sources.list

[Thomas Templin (coastgnu)]

---8<--- /etc/apt/sources.list ---8<---
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main #Marillat
deb ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/kde/unstable/3.5-beta1/kubuntu breezy main
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe multiverse
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-updates main restricted universe
multiverse
deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted universe
multiverse
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ breezy main restricted
---8<--- /etc/apt/sources.list ---8<---

apt-cache show xsm
Package: xsm
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Fabio M. Di Nitto <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.99.0-1
Replaces: xbase-clients (<< 6.8.2-38)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libice6, libsm6, libx11-6, libxaw7, libxext6,
libxmu6, libxpm4, libxt6
Filename: pool/main/x/xsm/xsm_0.99.0-1_i386.deb
Size: 39966
MD5sum: f4b3301c7dc0f6d6a4614d62cfd7ea31
Description: X client - xsm
 xsm is a small tool that was part of xbase-clients.
 .
 More information about X.Org can be found at:
 <URL:http://xorg.freedesktop.org>
 <URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg>
 .
 This module can be found as the module 'app/xsm' at
 :pserver:<email address hidden>:/cvs/xorg
Bugs: mailto:<email address hidden>
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: edubuntu-desktop

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

You're mixing hoary and breezy packages; choose one and stay with it and this
shouldn't be a problem.

[Thomas Templin (coastgnu)]

Removing Hoary don't change anything...

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main #Marillat
deb ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/kde/unstable/3.5-beta1/kubuntu breezy main #
kde-3.5beta1
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ breezy main restricted #Scribus Ubuntu Breezy

apt-get -s installl xsm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fast-user-switch-applet flashplayer-mozilla gcm
  gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center
  gnome-core gnome-network gnome-office gnome-panel
  gnome-session gnome-swallow-applet gnome-terminal
  gnome-velocity gtk-engines-gtkstep libgcm0 medusa
  nautilus xfdeskmenu4 xlibs xmovie
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xsm

[Thomas Templin (coastgnu)]

SOLVED

There was an old xlib which was responsible for this odd problem

---8<---
dpkg - Warnung: deaktualisiere xlibs von 6.8.2.dfsg.1-1 zu 6.8.2-69
---8<---

After installing xlib 6.8.2-69 xsm I was able to install xsm

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

It doesn't happen with Hoary, and it doesn't happen with Breezy. You've
installed packages from other sources and otherwise diverged from the supported
system; unless you can demonstrate the problem using a supported configuration I
can't consider it a bug.