I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18 kernel and ALSA sound. Any fix for these likely to be available soon? I've been doing an update every day and still see these errors. Something broken in Gnome it seems related to the audio.
Zach netrek:~# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libwnck18 The following packages will be upgraded: efax-gtk gtkfontsel kaudiocreator kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libbluetooth2 libcdio7 libcpufreq0 libkcddb1 liboro-java libpulse0 libsnmp-base libsnmp15 libwnck-common mbr pmount psmisc python2.4 python2.4-minimal sitecopy sudo systemtap tcputils tellico tellico-data xfm The following partially installed packages will be configured: amarok audacity devhelp eog evince gedit totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins totem-xine The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: xless 25 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 15.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1016kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libwnck18: Depends: libwnck-common (< 2.19) but 2.20.2-1 is to be installed. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: libwnck-common [2.18.3-1 (now)] Score is 120 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following packages have been kept back: libwnck-common The following packages will be upgraded: efax-gtk gtkfontsel kaudiocreator kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libbluetooth2 libcdio7 libcpufreq0 libkcddb1 liboro-java libpulse0 libsnmp-base libsnmp15 mbr pmount psmisc python2.4 python2.4-minimal sitecopy sudo systemtap tcputils tellico tellico-data xfm The following partially installed packages will be configured: amarok audacity devhelp eog evince gedit totem totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins totem-xine The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: xless 24 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 14.9MB of archives. After unpacking 299kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main python2.4 2.4.4-7 [2814kB] Get:2 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main python2.4-minimal 2.4.4-7 [979kB] Get:3 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libbluetooth2 3.24-1 [43.2kB] Get:4 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main efax-gtk 3.0.16-2 [669kB] Get:5 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main gtkfontsel 1.1-10 [10.1kB] Get:6 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libkcddb1 4:3.5.8-1 [144kB] Get:7 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main kaudiocreator 4:3.5.8-1 [923kB] Get:8 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main kdemultimedia-kio-plugins 4:3.5.8-1 [180kB] Get:9 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libcdio7 0.78.2+dfsg1-2 [142kB] Get:10 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libcpufreq0 002-7 [11.6kB] Get:11 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main liboro-java 2.0.8a-4 [69.1kB] Get:12 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libpulse0 0.9.8-2 [179kB] Get:13 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libsnmp-base 5.4.1~dfsg-5 [1368kB] Get:14 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main libsnmp15 5.4.1~dfsg-5 [2038kB] Get:15 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main mbr 1.1.10-1 [22.8kB] Get:16 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main pmount 0.9.17-1 [100kB] Get:17 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main psmisc 22.6-1 [84.7kB] Get:18 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main sudo 1.6.9p10-1 [172kB] Get:19 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main systemtap 0.0.20071229-1 [746kB] Get:20 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tcputils 0.6.2-9 [18.8kB] Get:21 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tellico 1.2.14-1 [834kB] Get:22 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main tellico-data 1.2.14-1 [3060kB] Get:23 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main xfm 1.5.3-1 [188kB] Get:24 http://debian.mirrors.pair.com testing/main sitecopy 1:0.16.3-14 [137kB] Fetched 14.9MB in 44m26s (5600B/s) (Reading database ... 307982 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace python2.4 2.4.4-6 (using .../python2.4_2.4.4-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python2.4 ... Preparing to replace python2.4-minimal 2.4.4-6 (using .../python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python2.4-minimal ... Preparing to replace libbluetooth2 3.22-1 (using .../libbluetooth2_3.24-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libbluetooth2 ... Preparing to replace efax-gtk 3.0.16-1 (using .../efax-gtk_3.0.16-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement efax-gtk ... Preparing to replace gtkfontsel 1.1-9 (using .../gtkfontsel_1.1-10_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gtkfontsel ... Preparing to replace libkcddb1 4:3.5.7-3 (using .../libkcddb1_4%3a3.5.8-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libkcddb1 ... Preparing to replace kaudiocreator 4:3.5.7-3 (using .../kaudiocreator_4%3a3.5.8-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kaudiocreator ... Preparing to replace kdemultimedia-kio-plugins 4:3.5.7-3 (using .../kdemultimedia-kio-plugins_4%3a3.5.8-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kdemultimedia-kio-plugins ... Preparing to replace libcdio7 0.78.2+dfsg1-1 (using .../libcdio7_0.78.2+dfsg1-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcdio7 ... Preparing to replace libcpufreq0 002-5 (using .../libcpufreq0_002-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcpufreq0 ... Preparing to replace liboro-java 2.0.8a-3 (using .../liboro-java_2.0.8a-4_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement liboro-java ... Preparing to replace libpulse0 0.9.5-7lenny2 (using .../libpulse0_0.9.8-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpulse0 ... Preparing to replace libsnmp-base 5.4.1~dfsg-4 (using .../libsnmp-base_5.4.1~dfsg-5_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsnmp-base ... Preparing to replace libsnmp15 5.4.1~dfsg-4 (using .../libsnmp15_5.4.1~dfsg-5_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsnmp15 ... Preparing to replace mbr 1.1.9-3 (using .../archives/mbr_1.1.10-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mbr ... Preparing to replace pmount 0.9.16-4 (using .../pmount_0.9.17-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement pmount ... Preparing to replace psmisc 22.5-1 (using .../psmisc_22.6-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement psmisc ... Preparing to replace sudo 1.6.9p9-1 (using .../sudo_1.6.9p10-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sudo ... Preparing to replace systemtap 0.0.20071201-1 (using .../systemtap_0.0.20071229-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement systemtap ... Preparing to replace tcputils 0.6.2-8 (using .../tcputils_0.6.2-9_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tcputils ... Preparing to replace tellico 1.2.11-1 (using .../tellico_1.2.14-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tellico ... Replacing files in old package tellico-data ... Preparing to replace tellico-data 1.2.11-1 (using .../tellico-data_1.2.14-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tellico-data ... Preparing to replace xfm 1.5.2-1 (using .../archives/xfm_1.5.3-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xfm ... Preparing to replace sitecopy 1:0.16.3-13 (using .../sitecopy_1%3a0.16.3-14_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sitecopy ... Setting up amarok (1.4.8-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8709): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/amarok.postinst: line 11: 8709 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing amarok (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up audacity (1.3.4-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8724): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/audacity.postinst: line 21: 8724 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing audacity (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up devhelp (0.16.1-3) ... (update-desktop-database:8730): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/devhelp.postinst: line 11: 8730 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing devhelp (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up python2.4-minimal (2.4.4-7) ... Setting up python2.4 (2.4.4-7) ... Setting up eog (2.20.3-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8773): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/eog.postinst: line 21: 8773 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing eog (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up evince (2.20.2-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8791): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/evince.postinst: line 26: 8791 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing evince (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up gedit (2.20.4-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8809): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/gedit.postinst: line 42: 8809 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing gedit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up totem-common (2.20.1-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8821): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/totem-common.postinst: line 16: 8821 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing totem-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-gstreamer: totem-gstreamer depends on totem-common (<< 2.21); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. totem-gstreamer depends on totem-common (>= 2.20); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-gstreamer (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-xine: totem-xine depends on totem-common (<< 2.21); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. totem-xine depends on totem-common (>= 2.20); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-xine (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libbluetooth2 (3.24-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-plugins: totem-plugins depends on totem-gstreamer (= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-plugins (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem: totem depends on totem-gstreamer (>= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. totem depends on totem-plugins (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-plugins is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-mozilla: totem-mozilla depends on totem-gstreamer (>= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-mozilla (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up efax-gtk (3.0.16-2) ... Setting up gtkfontsel (1.1-10) ... Setting up libkcddb1 (4:3.5.8-1) ... Setting up kdemultimedia-kio-plugins (4:3.5.8-1) ... Setting up kaudiocreator (4:3.5.8-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8842): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/kaudiocreator.postinst: line 11: 8842 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing kaudiocreator (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up libcdio7 (0.78.2+dfsg1-2) ... Setting up libcpufreq0 (002-7) ... Setting up liboro-java (2.0.8a-4) ... Setting up libpulse0 (0.9.8-2) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/pulse/client.conf ... Setting up libsnmp-base (5.4.1~dfsg-5) ... Setting up libsnmp15 (5.4.1~dfsg-5) ... Setting up mbr (1.1.10-1) ... Setting up pmount (0.9.17-1) ... Setting up psmisc (22.6-1) ... Setting up sudo (1.6.9p10-1) ... Setting up systemtap (0.0.20071229-1) ... Setting up tcputils (0.6.2-9) ... Setting up tellico-data (1.2.14-1) ... Setting up tellico (1.2.14-1) ... Setting up xfm (1.5.3-1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xfm ... Setting up sitecopy (1:0.16.3-14) ... Errors were encountered while processing: amarok audacity devhelp eog evince gedit totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-xine totem-plugins totem totem-mozilla kaudiocreator E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up kaudiocreator (4:3.5.8-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8896): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/kaudiocreator.postinst: line 11: 8896 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing kaudiocreator (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up eog (2.20.3-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8918): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/eog.postinst: line 21: 8918 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing eog (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up gedit (2.20.4-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8937): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/gedit.postinst: line 42: 8937 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing gedit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up evince (2.20.2-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8955): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/evince.postinst: line 26: 8955 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing evince (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up audacity (1.3.4-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8971): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/audacity.postinst: line 21: 8971 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing audacity (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up amarok (1.4.8-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8977): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/amarok.postinst: line 11: 8977 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing amarok (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up totem-common (2.20.1-1) ... (update-desktop-database:8988): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/totem-common.postinst: line 16: 8988 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing totem-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Setting up devhelp (0.16.1-3) ... (update-desktop-database:8995): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_get_string_list: assertion `group_name != NULL' failed /var/lib/dpkg/info/devhelp.postinst: line 11: 8995 Segmentation fault (core dumped) update-desktop-database -q dpkg: error processing devhelp (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-xine: totem-xine depends on totem-common (<< 2.21); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. totem-xine depends on totem-common (>= 2.20); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-xine (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-gstreamer: totem-gstreamer depends on totem-common (<< 2.21); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. totem-gstreamer depends on totem-common (>= 2.20); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-gstreamer (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-mozilla: totem-mozilla depends on totem-gstreamer (>= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-mozilla (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-plugins: totem-plugins depends on totem-gstreamer (= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-plugins (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem: totem depends on totem-gstreamer (>= 2.20.1-1) | totem-xine (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-gstreamer is not configured yet. Package totem-xine is not configured yet. totem depends on totem-plugins (>= 2.20.1-1); however: Package totem-plugins is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: kaudiocreator eog gedit evince audacity amarok totem-common devhelp totem-xine totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins totem Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done There are now 1 update [-24]. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]