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  switch back to gnome 3.16 Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2015-10-26 17:30 +0100
    Re: switch back to gnome 3.16 Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2015-10-26 17:40 +0100
      Re: switch back to gnome 3.16 moxalt <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2015-10-27 06:20 +0100
        Re: switch back to gnome 3.16 Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2015-10-27 22:00 +0100
          Re: switch back to gnome 3.16 Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 01:10 +0100

#159807 — switch back to gnome 3.16

What is the easiest way to switch back to gnome 3.16, now both testing and  
unstable have 3.18?

Thanks,

floris

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#159809

Op Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:20:11 +0100 schreef Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>:

> What is the easiest way to switch back to gnome 3.16, now both testing  
> and unstable have 3.18?
>
> Thanks,
>
> floris
>

Steps so far:

add:
deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150601T041739Z/ unstable  
main non-free contrib
to /etc/apt/sources.list

run:
sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update

tried:
sudo apt-get install gnome-session=3.16.0-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnome-session : Depends: gnome-session-bin (< 3.17) but 3.18.1.2-1 is to  
be installed
                  Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.16.0-1) but 3.18.1.2-1  
is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I know I can add all the dependencies by hand, but maybe there is an easy  
solution.

Thanks,

floris

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#159835

On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:39:06 +0100, Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> wrote:

> Op Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:20:11 +0100 schreef Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>:
> 
> > What is the easiest way to switch back to gnome 3.16, now both testing  
> > and unstable have 3.18?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > floris
> >  
> 
> Steps so far:
> 
> add:
> deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150601T041739Z/ unstable  
> main non-free contrib
> to /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> run:
> sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update
> 
> tried:
> sudo apt-get install gnome-session=3.16.0-1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   gnome-session : Depends: gnome-session-bin (< 3.17) but 3.18.1.2-1 is to  
> be installed
>                   Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.16.0-1) but 3.18.1.2-1  
> is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> 
> I know I can add all the dependencies by hand, but maybe there is an easy  
> solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> floris
> 


Why are you trying to downgrade from 3.18 to 3.16? Is 3.18 not working for you
or something?

Downgrading packages in Debian is very difficult. It has been done, but it is
virtually impossible unless you're willing to do lots of manual.. stuff.

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#159867

Op Tue, 27 Oct 2015 06:12:16 +0100 schreef moxalt <moxalt@riseup.net>:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:39:06 +0100, Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> wrote:
>
>> Op Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:20:11 +0100 schreef Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>:
>>
>> > What is the easiest way to switch back to gnome 3.16, now both testing
>> > and unstable have 3.18?
>> >
>>
>> I know I can add all the dependencies by hand, but maybe there is an  
>> easy
>> solution.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> floris
>>
>
>
> Why are you trying to downgrade from 3.18 to 3.16? Is 3.18 not working  
> for you
> or something?
>

Yes, unfortunately is the combination of Nvidia, Gnome 3.18 and a multi
seat setup not working. So I try to figure out where the problem is.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802335


> Downgrading packages in Debian is very difficult. It has been done, but  
> it is
> virtually impossible unless you're willing to do lots of manual.. stuff.
>

Ok. I will give it a go and try by hand

Thanks,

floris

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#159879

On 10/27/2015 04:56 PM, Floris wrote:

> Yes, unfortunately is the combination of Nvidia, Gnome 3.18 and a multi
> seat setup not working. So I try to figure out where the problem is.
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802335

I'd suggest you separate the Gnome problem from the nVidia one, as they 
are not tied at the hip with each other. After some angst, I have four 
monitors working, but it took the nvidia dkms package and nvidia 
settings to get the driver and display right for me. Ric

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