Tim,
yeah, it's a custom i386 kernel.  If you need any help with fixing this, let me know what I can do.

Thanks a lot!

Ben

kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net wrote:

Hi Ben,

You're right!  Are you running an i386 kernel?  For some reason my amd64
system shows the correct -kde3 dependencies, while my i386 system shows
the same incorrect dependencies as yours.

I'll add this info to the bug report so I don't forget...

Tim

 

Tim,
thanks for your response, and I'm sorry I didn't know there was a bug
filed.
If I try and install emerald-kde3 I get the following dependencies:
compiz-core
compiz-plugins
compiz-wrapper
libdecoration0
libemeraldengine0-kde3

note that there is only one -kde3... the installation then fails because:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-core_1%3a0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/compiz.1.gz', which is also in
package compiz-core-kde3

I am pretty sure I have installed all the necessary packages, and
believe that the problem is the non-kde3 dependencies.

Thanks a lot!

Ben

Timothy Pearson wrote:
   

Have you installed emerald-kde3?  How are you attempting to enable
Emerald?  Does the rest of Compiz work properly?

At the moment, -kde3 compiz and emerald cannot be installed
simultaneously with non-kde3 compiz and emerald due to bug 57
(http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=57).  That bug is
next on my list of problems to deal with.

Tim

B. Buchli wrote:
     

So I finally found some time to (try and) set up compiz on my laptop
again.  It used to work on 8.04, but seems to be broken now.  If I
install only compiz stuff with -kde3, I can use only the sluggish gtk
window decorator.  If I try and install emerald I have non-kde3
dependencies.  This of course does not install cleanly because it
says "already in package XY."  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Ben