Replace KDM over lightdm

[sharopo]

Thanks, that finally installed it.

[claydoh]

same results /:

~$ sudo apt-get install kdm=4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kdm : Depends:[COLOR=#000080][B]libkworkspace4abi2 (= 4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2[/B])[/COLOR] but [COLOR=#b22222][B]4:4.9.3-0ubuntu1~[U]ubuntu12.04.1~ppa3[/U][/B] [/COLOR]is to be installed
       Depends:[COLOR=#0000cd][B] kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins (= 4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2)[/B][/COLOR] but[B][COLOR=#b22222] 4:4.9.3-0ubuntu1~[U]ubuntu12.04.1~ppa3[/U] [/COLOR][/B]is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Above highlights added by moi

if you are on 12.10 system, you probably have added the PPA info incorrectly. this is why I had though you were on 12.04. Your package should be what is shown below:
(the apt-cache policy command list not only what version is installed/installable plus where it came from)

lark@lark-Latitude-D630:~$ [B]apt-cache policy  libkworkspace4abi2 [/B]
libkworkspace4abi2:
  Installed: [B]4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2[/B]
  Candidate: 4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2
  Version table:
 *** [B]4:4.9.3-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2 [/B]0
[B]        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/[SIZE=3] [COLOR=#b22222][U]quantal[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]/main amd64 Packages[/B]
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.9.2-0ubuntu2.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     4:4.9.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages

Since your system is looking for 12.04 packages, there are a couple of conflicts at least simply due to the differences in package versioning between the 2 Kubuntu releases.

[coderus]

this happened after using backports repository and then updrade to 12.10

[sharopo]

oops, well within then next couple months I'm planning a clean install so that should take care of everything.

[claydoh]

Yes, perhaps, but the upgrader tool disables all PPA and other external repos before it does so, and edits these disabled entries to point to the new repo ( I think - my recollection may be off) - at the least, all the PPA entries are labelled in their titles that they were disabled for the upgrade.

[claydoh]

oops, well within then next couple months I'm planning a clean install so that should take care of everything.

you might be fine in simply adding the repo again,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa

, running "apt-get update" and "apt-get -s dist-upgrade" to see if there are any errors (the "-s" is to run it as a simulation), if there are no errors, you can run dist-upgrade and after the process is done, remove the old Precise ppa entry. I think the packages between the 2 are identical other than in name so you are safe as you are right now, other than tracking down the odd KDE package until you do your clean install, if you choose to wait.

[sharopo]

Thanks. (: