On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 07:10:11PM -0600, Nathan York wrote > i tried that and got a new error > > fixed:~# dpkg -P lm-sensors > dpkg: error processing lm-sensors (--purge): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > Errors were encountered while processing: > lm-sensors > > and when i try to reinstall it i get the > depmod: QM_MODULES: function not implemented. > > is there any way to manually edit a config file that states what is > awaiting removal or install and just remove the lm-sensors entry > it isn't installed on my system, it never was. i tried to install it > before and got the above error then it continually tried to install it, > holding up apt-get. so i tried then to remove it, now i am stuck here. > any help is greatly appreciated. >
I had a quick look at the postinst script for lm-sensors, and all it does is depmod -a >/dev/null What do you see if you run depmod -a as root? What do you get if you grep -4 QM_MODULES /etc/conf.modules? What's in /etc/modutils/lm-sensors? John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
