adept manager

[kailashamrit]

hi
i am just trying to upgrade to kubuntu 7.10 and faced some trouble with my internet connection.
now trying to continue the upgrade i cant access the adept manager anymore but get the following message:
another process is using the packaging system database (probably some other adept application or apt-get or aptitude).

what to do? does anybody have an idea?

regards,
kailash

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: adept manager

yep

Close anything resembling Adept or Synaptic, open the Konsole and enter

sudo dpkg --configure -a

If it does not give errors, then continue with

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install

sudo apt-get autoclean

and you should be back in business.

[kailashamrit]

Re: adept manager

thx, this seemed to help perfectly!

but now the "full upgrade" is marked grey.
am i already on kubuntu 7.10 how can i check this?

[nem]

Re: adept manager

am i already on kubuntu 7.10 how can i check this?

lsb_release -a

[kailashamrit]

Re: adept manager

thx for the help! (i've already been on kubuntu7.10)

but i face a new problem: after installing kde4-core i've enabled the desktop effects...
this seems to be fatal as i now only see a grey/black screen after login (with kde4.0).
loging in with kde 3.5.8 works fine.

what can i do?

[JokersLoose]

Re: adept manager

If you can still get into KDE3 this follow this link http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091769.0 the very last post gives you a command line to gain access to the KDE4's options so you can turn off the desktop effects. I had the same problem and that fixed it for me.

Best of luck,
James

[kailashamrit]

Re: adept manager

thx, it helped super!

i just post the help here once more for others facing the same problem:
You should still be able to log into your KDE3 session;
from there, to open the KDE4 System Settings window, just run the command: /usr/lib/kde4/bin/systemsettings

[MoonRise]

Re: adept manager

That's a lot better method than deleting the KDE4 directory as some have told me. That way you don't loose to many customizations. Thanks for that bit-o info.