On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Dan Davison wrote:
> > 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 what is in /var/lib/dpkg/info/powernowd.prerm ? is there a /etc/init.d/powernowd ? and what happens if you: /etc/init.d/powernowd stop ? -kev > 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] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
