On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:05:00PM -0700, Ram wrote: > Hi all, > i am a new user of linux in general and debian in specific. I recently > updated my system with the following commands : > #apt-get update > #apt-get upgrade > #apt-get dist upgrade >
I'm guessing that you upgraded to unstable, which lives up to its name. <snip> > kotapc:~# apt-get -f install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > udev > The following packages will be upgraded: > udev > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 50 not upgraded. > 559 not fully installed or removed. this 50 not upgraded, 559 not fully installed business is worrying me. Are you sure your upgrade and dist-upgrade worked? > Need to get 0B/278kB of archives. > After unpacking 307kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y > (Reading database ... 101947 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace udev 0.056-2 (using .../archives/udev_0.076-6_i386.deb) > ... > udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12, upgrade aborted. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.076-6_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.076-6_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > # > i Right now, the sid kernel images are broken. see http://wiki.debian.org/TopicDebianDevel for more infomation. Thats messing up udev, which as you see wants a recent kernel image. > > > So what am I doing wrong ? I feel I should warn you off running unstable. Its going though a lot of work right now, which means massive breakages. Also, before sarge was released, everyone ran unstable or testing becuase woody was too old. I feel that sarge is still reasonably current. > > Thanks for the help in advance > Ram Sorry I couldn't be more help Pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
