on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:17:53PM +0000, Tiarnan O Corrain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey All, > > many thanks to those who gave advice on installing kernel 2.4 on my > laptop. Turned out the problem was that I hadn't set the processor > type in the kernel configuration... > > Now a new difficult rears its ugly head. Apt-get is segfaulting under > the new kernel. When I try (for example) > apt-get install mpg123, the > program segfaults immediately. Ditto with > apt-get remove xxx > > Any ideas?
Try runnin 'strace' to see what system calls are run immediately prior to the segfault. Might be a corrupted file somewhere. > Or methods of upgrading / correcting the faulty version of > apt-get without using apt-get? Download the appropriate package (e.g.: ftp, wget), and install with dpkg. If this bombs.... :-( Write back (to list, not me). -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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