Carl, You are absolutely right, please accept my apologies. Please believe, I DON'T HATE YOU. But the Slashdot article referenced Bill Allombert in an article on the Australian ZDNet Site:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39196419,00.htm I think there are some valid arguments there and should not be ignored by the community. And, nope I ran dselct on a Friday afternoon like I always do without reading the release notes or anything. I thought I only had to do that with my Microsoft systems. Didn't have a problem in four years and didn't think I would have a problem this time. And after I get upgraded to Sarge I am sure I will not have to worry about it again. In any case this is the typescript from my last upgrade attempt. Compt-113ws:/home/cpisbk1# apt-get update Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Done Compt-113ws:/home/cpisbk1# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-rage128: Depends: xserver-common (>= 3.3.5) but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. Compt-113ws:/home/cpisbk1# apt-get dist-upgrade -f Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: xserver-rage128 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 2436kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 69800 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xserver-rage128 ... sed: can't read /etc/X11/Xserver: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing xserver-rage128 (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: xserver-rage128 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian On 6/13/05, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:17:25PM -0400, Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote: > > > I have mistakenly trusted the Debian community and upgraded to Sarge > > and it is a DISASTER. > > > > HOW COULD YOU HAVE DONE THIS TO US ! ! ! > > "I'd like your help, but first let me abuse you as unpaid volunteers. I > HATE YOU! Please help me!" > > Not the smartest or most courteous strategy. > > Post the entire typescript of your upgrade session to the list. You did > read the Release Notes and use script to record everything you did, right? > > > Slashdot has written how 30% of Sarge upgrades are failing. > > Don't believe everything you read on Slashdot. > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading > http://www.jabootu.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
