On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 17:44 +0200, Carlos Parada wrote:
> I solved the issue with your feeback, Damon.  You rule, man. Thanks so
> much.

Your welcomed.  I learned that the same way you just did, ony it was
S.Keeling, Ron Johnston, Paul Johnson and the like telling me.  Welcome
to Open Source.  Pass it along.
> 
> 
> Carlos
> 
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>         
>         On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 15:11 +0200, Carlos Parada wrote:
>         > Anyone knows who happens with this ??
>         >
>         > Thanks
>         >
>         > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Carlos Parada
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         > wrote:
>         >         Hi, I've got the following error when performing an
>         apt-get
>         >         dist-upgrade. Can you help me?
>         >
>         >         Unpacking fglrx-glx (from .../fglrx-glx_1%
>         >         3a8-4-1_i386.deb) ...
>         >         Removing `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
>         >         to /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/libGL.so.1.2 by
>         fglrx-driver'
>         >         dpkg-divert: `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
>         >         to /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/libGL.so.1.2 by
>         fglrx-glx'
>         >         clashes with `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
>         >         to /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/libGL.so.1.2 by
>         fglrx-driver'
>         >         dpkg: error
>         processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-glx_1%
>         >         3a8-4-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>         >          subprocess pre-installation script returned error
>         exit status
>         >         2
>         >         Preparing to replace fglrx-driver 8.476-1
>         >         (using .../fglrx-driver_1%3a8-4-1_i386.deb) ...
>         >         Stopping atieventsd: done.
>         >         Unpacking replacement fglrx-driver ...
>         >         dpkg: error
>         processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_1%
>         >         3a8-4-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>         >          trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a', which
>         is also
>         >         in package fglrx-driver-dev
>         >         dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken
>         pipe)
>         >         update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/atieventsd missing
>         LSB style
>         >         header
>         >         Starting atieventsd: done.
>         >         Processing triggers for man-db ...
>         >         Processing triggers for menu ...
>         >         Errors were encountered while processing:
>         >          /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-glx_1%
>         3a8-4-1_i386.deb
>         >          /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_1%
>         3a8-4-1_i386.deb
>         >         E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
>         (1)
>         
>         
>         See this part
>         
>         dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_1%
>         3a8-4-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>          trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a', which is also
>         in package
>         
>         fglrx-driver-dev ?  That is your problem.
>         
>         When you see this come up on any package, the next thing to do
>         is:
>         
>         apt-get -f install
>         
>         If that does not work do this:
>         
>         dpkg -i
>         --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_1%
>         3a8-4-1_i386.deb or run dpkg -i
>         --force-overwrite /path/stated/in/apt-get -f install/
>         
>         The problem is another package "owns" the file dpkg is trying
>         to
>         overwrite and by default dpkg will not do that.  This is a
>         badly
>         packaged .deb (or the one that owns it is).
>         
>         You will run into this problem when you do a dist-upgrade from
>         stable to
>         testing or from testing to stable.  This work-around does not
>         fix
>         anything, it just forces dpkg to ignore some other package is
>         using this
>         file as a config and dpkg will write to it.
>         
>         Anytime you run into issued during a dist-upgrade that do not
>         allow the
>         progression of installed programs to keep going, just run
>         apt-get -f
>         install, then aptitude update, then aptitude upgrade, then
>         aptitude
>         dist-upgrade to continue.  It may take several attempts to get
>         it.  In
>         fact at some point, you might even have to reboot to continue
>         (due to
>         low level packages having been replaced and the old ones
>         running in
>         memory no longer have any config files).
>         
>         HTH
>         --
>         Damon L. Chesser
>         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
> 
-- 
Damon L. Chesser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser

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