BTP wrote:
Sorry, I don't know where, but I must have made a mistake somewhere regarding this. I checked my bash history and I looked where i could have done this but saw nothing... I again simulated the removal of portmap with apt-get and things seemed normal this time... no removal of GNOME. Put that in the x-files section. :/
gnome-desktop-environment requires portmap through dependency on fam. Did you by any chance remove gnome-desktop-environment in the meantime?