On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +1200, bewm wrote: > hi, > > i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f > it downloads all the files like normal, > but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... > this is what it said when it tried to remove it: > > Removing gdm ... > dpkg: error processing gdm (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > gdm > > anyone know how to fix this or atleast tell me how to get rid of gdm so i > can successfully dist-upgrade..
Edit /var/lib/dpkg/available/info/gdm.prerm and put a line set -x somewhere at the top (but not at the very top). Then look where it breaks. Cheers, Joost
