Gnome Install Error (1)

Question

I'm trying to install Gnome on my Ubuntu 12.04 P.Pangolin and getting the following errors:

    root@***:~# sudo apt-get install gnome-core gnome-session-fallback
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gnome-core is already the newest version.
gnome-session-fallback is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up bluez (4.98-2ubuntu7) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bluez (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-bluetooth:
 gnome-bluetooth depends on bluez (>= 4.36); however:
  Package bluez is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-bluetooth (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-shell:
 gnome-shell depends on gnome-bluetooth (>= 3.0.0); however:
  Package gnome-bluetooth is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-shell (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-user-share:
 gnome-user-share depends on gnome-bluetooth; however:
  Package gnome-bluetooth is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-user-share (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core:
 gnome-core depends on gNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
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                                                                                                 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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                                                                                  nome-bluetooth (>= 3.0); however:
  Package gnome-bluetooth is not configured yet.
 gnome-core depends on gnome-shell (>= 3.0); however:
  Package gnome-shell is not configured yet.
 gnome-core depends on gnome-user-share (>= 3.0); however:
  Package gnome-user-share is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bluez
 gnome-bluetooth
 gnome-shell
 gnome-user-share
 gnome-core
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Syslog:

Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Bluetooth daemon 4.98
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Starting SDP server
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: opening L2CAP socket: Address family not supported by protocol
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Server initialization failed
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init alert plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init time plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init proximity plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to open control socket: Address family not supported by protocol (97)
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Can't init bnep module
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init network plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Unable to start SCO server socket
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init audio plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Failed to init gatt_example plugin
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: Can't open HCI socket: Address family not supported by protocol (97)
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: adapter_ops_setup failed
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 kernel: init: bluetooth main process (5176) terminated with status 1
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 kernel: init: bluetooth main process ended, respawning
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluez: Stopping uarts
Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluez: Stopping rfcomm

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Ok, this should work well, but you have to be careful and you'll have to revert back the changes when you are done. This will only fix your installation problem, not your problem with bluetoothd.

sudo mv /usr/sbin/bluetoothd /usr/sbin/bluetoothd-please-rename-me-when-you-are-done
sudo ln -s /bin/true /usr/sbin/bluetoothd

Then install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-core gnome-session-fallback

This step is optional, update:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

If your system doesn't have any other problem, then the installation should complete well. When the update is complete, revert back the poor bluetoothd:

sudo rm /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
sudo mv /usr/sbin/bluetoothd-please-rename-me-when-you-are-done /usr/sbin/bluetoothd

Now the installation problem should be fixed, but you still have a problem with bluetoothd, probably this one:

Oct  5 16:04:17 ks34900 bluetoothd[5176]: opening L2CAP socket: Address family not supported by protocol

Open another question and good luck!