Please find following the instructions from Progeny for the Woody upgrade with the error messages received at each step.
Anyone see something exceptional? If so what is the proper response other than proceeding on with the install and ignoring the error messages? Thanks! Doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you installed Progeny Debian from a CD and are:" "Upgrading from a fresh Progeny Debian installation (i.e. You have not installed any Progeny updates from http://archive.progeny.com/updates/newton/)" " Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list file has only the following lines active:" "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" "deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free" **NOTE: If the non-us site is down, as it was when I tried it, you may use a ** "mirror" site, one that contains the identical files. I went to: ** http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/README.non-US ** and used: http://mirror.direct.ca/linux/debian-non-US/ "Update your cache of available packages for apt(8)." # apt-get update **NOTE: No error messages received. "Install the latest version of apt(8)." # apt-get install apt **NOTE: No error messages received. "Upgrade to Debian Testing/Woody:" # apt-get -f dist-upgrade **NOTE: I received an error re. /var/cache/apt/archives/gdm_2.2.4.1-1_i386.deb # dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gdm_2.2.4.1-1_i386.deb **NOTE: Lots of errors re. missing dependencies. # apt-get -f dist-upgrade **NOTE: Errors re. /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-panel-data_1.4.0.4-8_all.deb ** and /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-session_1.4.0.4-8_all.deb # dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-panel-data_1.4.0.4-8_all.deb **NOTE: Error re. ":gnome-panel-data not installed, cannot remove" # apt-get -f dist-upgrade **NOTE: Additional Gnome errors. # dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-session_1.4.0.4-8_i386.deb **NOTE: Additional dependency errors. # apt-get -f dist-upgrade **NOTE: Accepted all defaults except selected "N" for wvdial autoconfig to **avoid any chance of that creating conflicts. "Re-run the above command until no more packages are installed" **NOTE: I re-ran the entire command sequence. No errors. "Install modconf" # apt-get install modconf **NOTE: Error: "debconf: (not preconfiguring packages since apt-utils is not yet **installed)" ** In response I ran "apt-get install apt-utils" "Reboot your system" **NOTE: I accidently skipped this reboot and ran "modconf" prematurely. ** I did not select any devices. etc. from the menu since what I needed ** seemed to already be selected (incl. pcmcia for my 3C589 nic). ** I also used NANO to look at the /etc/gdm.conf file. It was empty. ** Ran "apt-get update" ** Then ran "apt-get --reinstall install gdm". ** Used NANO again to look at the /etc/gdm.conf file. It was still empty. ** ** REBOOTED "Run modconf" # modconf **NOTE: This brought up the menu for "loadable device drivers". ** While the device drivers for my 3C589 nic were there, when I selected ** module 3c589_cs to be installed I was told that the "device or resource ** was busy. Installation failed." What can I do? Thanks! Doc
