On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:19:01PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi. dpkg has become locked up over one errant package and is not > allowing anything else to be processed. > > - ----------------------------------------- > # dpkg -P --force-all nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > (Reading database ... 118665 files and directories currently > installed.) > Removing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 ... > cat: alsa: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > - ----------------------------------------- > > Where can I erase this package from the database so dselect and the > rest will again function correctly? The module itself is long gone.
/var/lib/dpkg/status Keep a backup... Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]