cannot login to ubuntu 14.04
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I upgraded my Hp g6 from ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 yesterday.
Now I cannot log into the system using ubuntu/unity
But I can still login using i3 windows manager.
I checked and found the ubuntu-desktop is broken. I tried to reinstall it, it complained about the dependency issue and broken package.
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 resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ubuntu-desktop : Depends: ubuntu-session but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: empathy but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
when I tried to install ubuntu-session,
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 resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ubuntu-session : Depends: gnome-session-bin (< 3.10) but
3.10.1-0ubuntu1~saucy1 is to be installed
Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.9.90-0ubuntu12) but
3.10.1-0ubuntu1~saucy1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I tried
sudo apt-get install -f
but it does not work
Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.
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