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Isn't there an option or a variable in any apt-get configuration file in which to specify the packages you would like to ignore during updatings? Like the IGNOREPKG variable in the pacman configuration file in Arch: it would be really useful, letting you avoid all the nuisance of using synaptic, which I personally can't stand!

Is gsynaptics installed? Please check with a terminal.

Yea I know and that's why, if you want to upgrade correctly and totally, you must launch a dist-upgrade: otherwise your upgrade will be partial.
I am only arguing that, if at a certain moment you don't need a certain update which requires dist-upgrade, you can worrilessly decide to skip it, sticking to a simple upgrade.
I suggest to do a dist-upgrade only if you have the time and will to deal with eventual problems/fixings.
Otherwise, if possible, you should decide to run a simple upgrade.

Obviously, that's only my point of view: it's a bit of utilitaristic, but quite useful I believe! I've always used #! at full power also with a simple upgrade when I did not need a complete dist-upgrade.

As expected, you're quite daring anonymous, aren't you? You go at full arch-way!

Anyway, I would do like Ceil does: a simple apt-get upgrade: this simply upgrade packages without pulling in any other new packages. If new packages are needed to upgrade or others need to be removed, it doesn't upgrade the package you're trying to upgrade.

At that point, if you really need to upgrade that package we're talking about, you can do a dist-upgrade, which will pull in and remove all the needed additional packages.

Anyway, it is also true that in rolling release full upgrades (dist-upgrade) maintain the system fully up to date, since the system changes really fast and very often, but they can be risky sometimes.

they're working on a menu editor for xfce4! Anyway, if you have to add an app manually to the menu, you have to create a .desktop entry in /usr/share/applications.

No worry: it's a pleaure! It rather would be a pleasure to solve the problem itself!

Also, if the radeon drivers don't work, I would temporarily deactivate gdm and try manually starting X after login: sometimes login managers can be some nuisance!

Have you tried searching for the iwlwifi package with apt?

Please be more clear: whihch is the key binding issue you're talking about? Are you referring to the gnome-do keybindings or to the system ones (ex.: alt+f2 to start apps)?

Yes, it's possible. Now I switched to Xfce, but I had gnome-do running with openbox before.

First of all: have you executed any upgrade in the last days as well?

Second:  can you see in your "rc" folder if dbus is executed at startup? Maybe tere will be only hal, cause it autonomously call dbus in when loaded, but I think it could be better to know this.

Also, I would try to autoremove and purge gnome-do, rebooting and trying to reinstall it as well. If you get the same error, I would also try to install banshee (only after a full upgrade though): I don't see the connection between gnome-do and banshee, but you alway can't know for sure!

Why dist-upgrade? Wouldn't a simple upgrade be enough? Can you explain me the difference from upgrade and the usefulness of dist-upgrade? I've never got it! Never executed a dist-upgrade in my entire life!

Yeah, Vim is quite too professional! Really useful, but mainly if you are a programmer or similar! Never tried gvim though!