Hi, I can't remove a package (powernowd) despite trying various forcing options and --purge etc with apt-get and dpkg. The error output is below. Could someone tell me what I should do in this situation please? The only other thing I've tried is to rename the file mentioned in the output (invoke-rc.d): similar messages result but without the reference to this file (output pasted at the bottom of this email).
Thanks, Dan dd:/usr/sbin# apt-get remove powernowd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: powernowd 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 197 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 94.2kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 47071 files and directories currently installed.) Removing powernowd ... Stopping powernowd: invoke-rc.d: initscript powernowd, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing powernowd (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Starting powernowd: powernowd: PowerNow Daemon v0.80, (c) 2003 John Clemens powernowd: Found 1 cpu. Couldn't open file: No such file or directory Couldn't open file: No such file or directory Couldn't open file: No such file or directory couldn't open govn's file for writing: No such file or directory Couldn't get per-cpu data: Illegal seek invoke-rc.d: initscript powernowd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: powernowd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) dd:/usr/sbin# apt-get remove --purge powernowd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: powernowd* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 197 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 94.2kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 47071 files and directories currently installed.) Removing powernowd ... Stopping powernowd: dpkg: error processing powernowd (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Starting powernowd: powernowd: PowerNow Daemon v0.80, (c) 2003 John Clemens powernowd: Found 1 cpu. Couldn't open file: No such file or directory Couldn't open file: No such file or directory Couldn't open file: No such file or directory couldn't open govn's file for writing: No such file or directory Couldn't get per-cpu data: Illegal seek dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: powernowd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -------------------------------------------------- dan davison http://home.uchicago.edu/~davison/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
