topic title: Insidious creep
Posts: 99
spaceman
Joined: 07 Feb 2013
#1
I knew that the way ahead would be choppy, systemd is insinuating itself into more and more packages. More and more undeclared dependencies.

After installing Core and enabling the Testing repos I did a dist-upgrade and although I could get xorg installed OK, install Xfce4 returned this error:
xfce4-sessions : Depends: libsystemd0 but it is not installable

To get around this I reinstalled Core and deployed xorg/Xfce4 before enabling testing and upgrading. I can enable Testing repos but I'm pretty confident about the results of any future dist-upgrade...

Last night I tried to install my VPN client on my netbook and it simply wouldn't work...so I left it and this afternoon returned to it again with my fresh Core install on the PC. I ditched gdebi amd went straight to the command line so I could see what was going on:
openvpn : Depends: libsystemd0 but it is not installable

Blinkin' systemd.

I don't know if there is something I can do about this? Is there anything you and the guys can or need to do anti? Are we doomed to stand by and watch with frustration and disappointment as Poettering slowly wins? __{{emoticon}}__
Last edited by spaceman on 18 Jul 2015, 17:08, edited 1 time in total.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
I know how you feel!

The only *consolation* is that libsystemd0 on its own doesn't make the init system systemd.
If you are *happy* for it to get installed, you should edit/remove etc/apt/preferences.d/00systemd (just to allow it to get installed) and then still use 00systemd.

How long for? I have no idea.
Posts: 99
spaceman
Joined: 07 Feb 2013
#3
anticapitalista wrote:The only *consolation* is that libsystemd0 on its own doesn't make the init system systemd.
If you are *happy* for it to get installed, you should edit/remove etc/apt/preferences.d/00systemd (just to allow it to get installed) and then still use 00systemd.
Sorry anti! I should've been reading around in the forum before posting this question, I saw the MATE desktop thread and I've already done this and install openvpn. I replaced the (two) systemd files(s) and then installed the vpn-unlimited client. Problem resolved...for now. __{{emoticon}}__

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System:    Host: moonbase Kernel: 4.1-1.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.2 (Gtk 2.24.25) dm: lightdm Distro: antiX-15-V_x64-core-libre Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: SABERTOOTH 990FX v: Rev 1.xx serial: MT7022025101380
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 1604 date: 10/16/2012
CPU:       Quad core AMD Phenom II X4 965 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 27294
           clock speeds: max: 3411 MHz 1: 3411 MHz 2: 3411 MHz 3: 3411 MHz 4: 3411 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0e22
           Display Server: X.org 1.17.1 driver: nvidia tty size: 134x49 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA GF104 High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0beb
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.1-1.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: a000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: half mac: c8:60:00:79:fb:5d
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 3000.6GB (3.1% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SP2504C size: 250.1GB serial: S09QJ1OL704622 temp: 30C
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: SAMSUNG_SP2504C size: 250.1GB serial: S09QJ1FL703799 temp: 31C
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Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 11G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb7
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb12
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:40C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 145 Uptime: 1:47 Memory: 1333.2/16014.2MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.331 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 2.2.25
Thanks for your prompt reply mate!