Mark Grieveson wrote: >> Greetings; > >> I upgraded from Sarge according to the instructions but I have >> had all sorts of problems with it. > >> It seems to me that either something got corrupted during >> the upgrade, there is something left over from Sarge that >> shouldn't be, or there is the wrong version of a library >> somewhere. > >> Is this a clue? When I try to use aptitude it wants to remove >> 150+ "unused" packages, including Gnome. Doesn't feel right >> to me so I don't use it. > > Did you use aptitude to upgrade your system (ie, "aptitude > dist-upgrade")? If not, and you used apt, or synaptic, that will > explain why aptitude is giving erratic results. Best to continue with > what you had been using. > >> Any way, any ideas short of the old Windows stand by, >> "Format the hard drive and reinstall"? > >> Many TIA, >> Dennis > > You could try > > dpkg-reconfigure -a > > This'll take a while, and it will > ask you some questions thoughout. If you want the machine > to automatically reconfigure itself, without asking you any questions, > you could try > > dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive -a > > I don't know if this will help or not, but I doubt it would make things > worse. > > Mark > > I use apt-get - I'm not sure how to do this in aptitude, but the command I use in such situations (before dpkg --configure -a) is: apt-get -f install, then configure with dpkg --configure -a, and maybe try both again.
an apt-get dselect-upgrade *might* help, but I'd suggest running apt-get -s dselect-upgrade to check that it won't cause any problems. I have tried dselect, but found problems as you have found; I think dselect works similarly to aptitude. (the -s flag means 'simulate' -- If you wrestle in the mud with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig likes it. -- Dave Dawson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
