Cannot run Software Updates

The next instruction after: 'apt-get -f install', in the printout above is: 'apt-get autoremove'. Did you do that. I think it's kind of automatic. Then I'd run 'apt-get -f install' again.
Sorry about that. My updates always run perfectly. I had to upgrade to 9.04 before Update Manager gave me the option of 9.10. You may want to take that intermediary step. I like 9.04 better as I keep getting sound spikes in 9.10 every few seconds. Say, you might have fun typing in 'appetite' instead of '-apt-get -f install'. It gives you some more options. Control/t gets you to the drop down menu and the arrow keys go across at the top. Don't ask me the details, but the '?' gets help. I'm pretty new myself, but I can see how having an option to Microsoft gives you more power over the computer and, in the end, it's worth it. I have 9.04 runing on one 50 gig partition and 9.10 on the other 50 gig. That's a thought too. Burning a CD and getting it to work on a partition, and then, if it works well there, install it to the whole drive. After you copy all your information over, of course.

Oh, did you run apt-get -f install from Terminal. I was thinking that was where you started? Yeah, that might fix it and then try to reinstall, unless you want to try a lower Ubuntu version first and work up. Even Windows requires you to have previous versions, unless it's a brand new computer. Otherwise you would lose all you data and personal files, I think.

Say, I just noticed that you can drag files over from one partition to another, even thought my desktop doesn't work in 9.10. Amazing Ubuntu.

Thanks Harold, but still no luck.

After 'apt-get autoremove', and trying 'apt-get -f install' from Terminal, I still get the same dependency error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kdebase-runtime: Depends: kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 (= 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1) but 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 is to be installed

Try using aptitude, it includes a fairly smart solver for problems like these.

Open a Terminal and run "sudo aptitude". When it starts, press "U" (or select Actions -> Mark Upgradable) to try upgrading everything, and then follow its suggestions.

You can get some help on Terminal by typing in 'bash --help' without the quote marks. 'gnome-terminal --help' gets you more commands and of course 'aptitude'. I'm making a list of the ones I tend to use. The help option in Terminal, at the top, will also get you started with an introduction to bash.
I have a few questions so I can get a better idea of what is going on. Like, how long have you been using Ubuntu? I take it you have 9.04 now. Did you have another version before. What version did you start with. If you got the computer from someone else, they may not have updated all the developers packages and you might not need them either. See if you need the ones that are hanging up, as you shouldn't be having a problem. You might just uncheck them.
What kind of computer do you have? Are you coming from Windows to 9.10?
Instead of getting into all the complications, I try to look for easy solutions. Like, I had 9.10 and deleted the wrong programs, but I had the disk I started with, 8.10, which I had downloaded and burned. I put that on half the drive. It didn't hurt 9.10 at all, and the update manager let me go to 9.04, but not 9.10 right away. I didn't like 9.10, so I am sticking with 9.04 for a while. It's been good to me.
Was 9.10 an upgrade or did you start from scratch with it? I will try to keep right up with you. I just got side tracked dragging my file folders over onto 9.04 so I can try 9.04 on the other side and can play with different releases above 9.10 or until I get the noise in the speakers in 9.10 solved, as it was annoying. There are a lot of advantages having two operating systems that are so compatible. I don't think I want to try Windows on one side, but maybe. Keep us posted on how you are doing and what you decide. ciao

I just Googled 'linux ubuntu kdebase' and it said that it wasn't a critical upgrade, but you may want to read the fine print.

http://secunia.com/advisories/37650/

I Googled 'jaunty-updates/main kdebase-runtime 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1.1' and got this.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8489026

Well, here's all of them.

http://www.google.com/search?q=jaunty-updates%2Fmain+kdebase-runtime+4%3A4.2.2-0ubuntu1.1&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

Something got deleted or overwriten in your 9.04. That happens sometimes. I just wonder how you'd ever find the file. You could always reinstall 9.04.

Oh, you said you wanted 9.10.

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download

It should be easy to put on. Just burn it to disk and it runs you through it when you start up. The only part I was unsure of was the partitioning, because the slider in the middle was hard to see, but you can slide it back and for and I would think that if you give 9.04 10 gigs it should be happy. Maybe someone here could confirm that. I find that all the files I wanted where in owner, but you don't really have to move them if you don't want to. I just like the idea of a backup.

There's some other interesting things out there. I see how everything relates to everything. So you can probably use it.

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta

All this goes down as life lessons also. You eventually use everything you learn, one way or another. You'd be surprised at what the subconscious mind can do with information as it's a million times more powerful with vision logic and as totally objective as humanly possible.

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta

I got it here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ubunu+9.10+image+install+dowload+disk+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

Thing big, but keep it simple.

One of the easiest ways to maintain Ubuntu is to do a clean install,
it definitely helps to have ubuntu on a CD, then pop in the CD and
install it :) That will keep your computer updated and keep you away
from the upgrade conflicts :)

Regards,
Vikram

I decided to start with a new install. I am now running Ubuntu 9.10 on a 64bit Dell Vostro 1310. I am getting the standard errors:

1) no wireless
2) no flash plug-in
3) cannot play avi files.

I have tried a few things but didn't succeed yet.

1) I know I need the bcmwl5.inf in order to get the wireless going. I have the package, but don't know how to install it, or where to place it.

2) I think I need the Ubuntu-Restriced-Package but when I try to get it from
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
apturl launches the application but tells me the package cannot be found.

3) I have no idea what to do here.

Harold, thanks again. I was really frustrated at the beginning, but I want to fix this on my own, so any help would be appreciated! If 9.10 doesn't work, I'll try 9.04.

2) Have you enabled the universe and multiverse components in Software Sources?

I don't know if I can help, but anyone here would need a lot more information, like did you do all the installs for 9.04 before going to 9.10 and this may be a dumb question, but have you looked under System, Administration, Hardware Drivers. I found Ubuntu had put all of mine under there for me and I didn't have to do it at all, except choose one. lol Did you install from a CD or under Applications, Ubuntu Software. I got the impression you didn't have a 9.10 CD. You can download one on line, of course and put it on a CD. I don't know each step you are doing either, so I think a lot of this on line help is communication. If we only develop that here, it will be a great thing, but my eyes are so tired now they're cross eyed. ha. Well almost, anyway.

P.S. I always think of something to add. I wish comentors, (tormentors), could edit too. Yeah, it added my restricted closed source drivers, but there were different versions, so I tried them all for the best fit. Oh, did you install 9.04 from a CD. I guess you did. I think I'm right in asking. It seems we are trying to go somewhere and i don't know where we are now, so the beginning and the end are unknown. Talk about relativity. (That's were nothing exist absolutely, but in relationship with each other, as the cosmos itself is a mystery, so it can't be an anchor point too well.)

See, I'm so simple that whatever we figure out it will be simple. I'm dogged like you though. Yeah, you have to do all your 9.04 updates before going to 9.10, or at least I would imagine so. Like in Windows XP there are stages and updates before moving on. That's the curse of updating, rather than just burning a 9.10 CD. If you know how to install on a partition. The partition will be a slave, though, a virtual machine so you can't take the master partition off. I made up that phrase. I wonder if Ubuntu has a way of going back, like to an earlier working configuration. I guess not. That must be what a new version is all about too, maybe. Windows has restore points, but i haven't seen anything like that here.
I know from Yahoo Answers that these same questions have been asked a hundred times and someone has the key already, buried in all the bad ideas. lol

Boy, I just can't quit. Are you keeping up on the free ware concept. We have let others think for us too long so this is the wave of the future. Even if we fail, we are going to have to take back the world or slavery goes on and on.

I Googled Linux, flash player, 64 bit or some such and found the 64 bit one I was looking for. It didn't install the first time. I was probably impatient or something 'cuz later it went on. Ubuntu Software Center, Under Applications up top, has a VLC Player. I guess your using Movie Player? Also could the CD have a flaw? A lot of errors you might get away with, but one can bring a lot of things down.

If the driver is compressed, I guess you right click on it. If that doesn't work then you right click and choose, Open with another program. Or go to Synaptic Packages, run that and see if it has picked up on your package. Maybe you can get it in there or...

Under System in the panel at the top of the screen, under Administration, Synoptic Package Manager, in the list under find on the right, they had these. Have you tried them?

bcmwl-Modaliases 5.10.91 bdcc for the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver

bcmwl-kernal-source 5.10.91 bdcc Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source

bcm5700-source module source for Broadcom's bcm5700 ethernet driver

bcmwl5.inf - is just a plain text information document

I forgot to mention, there is a 64 bit 9.10. It shouldn't make a difference, but that doesn't make any difference, because it might have more drivers for your architecture (computer).

That's what I'm running. 9.10 64 bit.

On the other hand:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1308788

It's not going to be a good day.

That looks like the modem question. They must have a newer modem, but you need the previous driver. It's worth reading the comments or we can talk about it, but basically try the drivers under Synaptic Package Manager and there's an outside chance you might need rebooting after that, although probably not. Are you sure you got all the updates for 9.04? How old is the computer? The modem? Did you get them new?

I think we are doing this all wrong in not reading Ubuntu Help in the upper panel. It has a lot of real good information right at the beginning of help with Installation of Programs right through Removal of Programs. There is important information under Removal also like under System > Administration >Software Sources, it says that the website is down or something and has something about 9.10. We are sort of going to step 4 without reading steps 1 to 3 and of course we would be lost. But I think if you read those dozen screens or so, most everything will look a lot easier. It seems you can update the updates of the updates.

Ok, big progress! :-)
I decided to try again with Kubuntu 9.10 (which I prefer anyway!).
I fixed the sound and the flash issues.
I managed to get wireless up, but have a glitch....

Basically I did exactly the same thing as below, but my problem did not miraculously go away.
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3108334.0

When I do succeed with wl.ko, my output to "lspci -v" is

06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 000b
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: wl
        Kernel modules: ssb

So, how do I permanently get rid of ssb?
I played around with the modules.order and deleted any reference to b43, and added the wl.ko, with no luck (and don't know if that was the best idea!).

Perhaps I should start a new question now with a new topic, unless someone has some immediate suggestions.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

Thanks actionparsnip, but that didn't work. In the end I managed to get rid of ssb and bcm altogether. I now have

06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 000b
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: wl
        Kernel modules: wl

You can email actionparsnip. His name is listed on the right. He's on the forum now.

No don't email me at all. I will simply delete the email.

Are you sure bcmwl-Modaliases 5.10.91 bdcc for the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver under Synaptic Package Manager> search doesn't work. It says 5.10.91? Maybe it needs some tweeking.