Sign of life

[Nicolas Lécureuil]

Le 2017-08-23 09:04, Gilles Caulier a écrit :
> 2017-08-23 6:34 GMT+02:00 Wolfgang Scheffner <wscheffner3 at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Hi Simon,
>> 
>> thanks for your help! Unfortunately there was no success. The
>> apt-file search command returns nothing. Two times the I tried the
>> apt-get install and got an offer to have something done I didn't
>> understand answered with "J". for a while hell broke loose in the
>> terminal but afterwards I still got no result with apt_file search.
>> I started the automatic update again and got a similar error
>> message. I modified the apt_file search command accordingly but
>> still got no result.
>> 
>> I'm at the end of my wisdom (there is not much wisdom anyway) but
>> just to keep me from getting bored another problem popped up to
>> which I like to ask Gilles.
>> 
>> Hi Gilles,
>> 
>> a few weeks ago I installed Mageia 6 on an old laptop because wanted
>> to check out whether it's really an alternative to replace Kubuntu
>> which I have more and more trouble with. After a few weeks of
>> playing with it and installing first programs I did a system update.
>> But now I cannot log in anymore. I always end up in front of the
>> welcome/login screen with username, password and session. I cannot
>> select a session and after typing in the password and clicking
>> "Login" nothing happens. Any idea to that? Or do I have to
>> re-install (perhaps I would like to buy another laptop anyway
>> because theis one is very old and very, very slow)?
> 
> A similar problem appear on one of my VM with Magiea6 RC. I updated it
> and all become broken.
> 
> I know that between RC and final releases, important changes have been
> operated. This can explain the problem.
> 
> Of course, installing the Mageia6 final and updating it everyday, do
> not introduce any dysfunction.
> 
> So i recommend to install Magia6 final using official ISO, and look if
> problem still exist (which can explain an hardware dysfunction).
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles
> 
>> Greetings
>> 
>> Wolfgang
>> 
>> Am 18.08.2017 um 13:19 schrieb Simon Frei:
>> Hi Wolfgang,
>> 
>> I am glad to hear from you - I wish you all the best for your
>> health!
>> 
>> I don't know KDE Neon, so I am guessing here: This sounds like you
>> have conflicting packages. Did you ever use/install from a PPA (e.g.
>> Philip's digiKam PPA)? You should only ever install digiKam/Kipi
>> related packages from either the PPA or the official package repo (I
>> am not sure whether that's just ubuntu or something special for KDE
>> Neon).
>> To get more information you can try the following in the terminal
>> (sorry, I don't know any GUI packagers):
>> apt-file search /usr/share/kservices5/kipiplugin_imageshack.desktop
>> If you don't have apt-file, install it (apt-get install apt-file
>> when your anyway in terminal).
>> This should list all packages that provide that file. If there is
>> more than one, then this is probably the problem described above and
>> you can check where these packages are from (PPA, ...) by running
>> apt-cache *packagename*
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> On 18/08/17 07:19, Wolfgang Scheffner wrote:
>> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> just want to let you know that I'm still alive. As I told already,
>> surgery went well. But struggling with the remaining side effects
>> grows more and more into an endless story. But even in that case
>> there will be a day when I decide to resume my DigiKam doc work.
>> 
>> Gilles, I also have a technical question: for many weeks know I try
>> to have my computer to do the automatic updates. But the list is
>> growing longer and longer because the updates always end up at this
>> error message:
>> 
>> Do you have any idea where I can find this kipi-plugin5-common4
>> package?
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>> 
>> Wolfgang

Btw if you have any problem with mageia don't hesitate to come to me, i 
will see how i can help.
-- 
Regards,
Nicolas Lécureuil
Mageia KDE Team