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Hi all, Sorry I'm new here and start with a question, which is not really correct, but I've a real problem : I've just installed my debian and all worked fine, then I upgraded to gnome-helix, installed slrn...and now apt-get seems to be definitively broken and I don't understand Why :'(( I tried to remove, purge, reinstall...nothing...I also tried dselect and hold broken packages...still nothing :'((( The number of broken packages is growing and standard ones also become corrupted ...I fear it's serious... Would anybody have an idea plase ?.. # @*\$# logs: Configuring packages ... Can't exec "/var/lib/debconf//config.4814": Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188. open2: exec of /var/lib/debconf//config.4814 configure 1.9.9-4 failed at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 86 Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 478. leafnode failed to configure, with exit code 13 dpkg: error processing slrn (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: slrn E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
apt-get down :'(
Hi all, Sorry I'm new here and start with a question, which is not really correct, but I've a real problem : I've just installed my debian and all worked fine, then I upgraded to gnome-helix, installed slrn...and now apt-get seems to be definitively broken and I don't understand Why :'(( I tried to remove, purge, reinstall...nothing...I also tried dselect and hold broken packages...still nothing :'((( The number of broken packages is growing and standard ones also become corrupted ...I fear it's serious... Would anybody have an idea plase ?.. # @*\$# logs: Configuring packages ... Can't exec "/var/lib/debconf//config.4814": Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188. open2: exec of /var/lib/debconf//config.4814 configure 1.9.9-4 failed at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 86 Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfModule.pm line 478. leafnode failed to configure, with exit code 13 dpkg: error processing slrn (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: slrn E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: apt-get down :'(
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 09:46:45PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > i wouldn't expect slrn to affect apt -- gnome-helix is > an X window environment, so i wouldn't expect much interference > there, either. did anything interrupt power while installing? > or maybe a power loss last week might scramble one bit that > wouldn't leave any fingerprints until now? > Thank you for your answer ...but in fact the problem was simply the option noexec I put on my /var partition ...no comment :) It's stupid I know, but I'm new on debian and I didn't realised that apt-get had to execute scripts there until I read the error messages for the 15th time (at least ...) Sorry for the noise :) -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: Network config
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 11:49:24AM +0100, Knud S?rensen wrote: > Hi > > I am a new debian user. > I have some problems getting my network to work. > > What is the best way to config the network in debian 2.2 ? > > It seems that there is a problem finding the eth0 interface. I personally succeeded, recently, by manually choosing the right driver during the installation process. Take a look at the constructor website if needed. the ethernet-howto can also be usefull. For the network configuration it depends on your architecture and your kind of connection. you may have to tell us more once your card is recognized ... -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: finding which package a file came with
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 12:54:38PM -0200, Allan F. Caetano wrote: > Or, for an even better option, install dlocate and run: > > $ dlocate -S > > 'dlocate' is to 'dpkg' as 'locate' is to 'find' (roughly > speaking), it performs all the search operations in the package > database much faster than dpkg. It looks fine but there is nothing in my apt-cache about this... Is it in unstable contribs ? -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: default WM for gnome
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 04:19:35PM +0100, Michael B?rkle wrote: > somebody can tell me why gnome ignores my personal properties for the > default WM? for root i have enlightenment as window manager. but i also have Maybe you shoud try an exec in your .Xinitrc, or simply choose "debian" in gnome's graphical startup (in the first menu of the login interface I think). The 2nd solution worked fine for me. -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: mouse problems in 'X'
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:31:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I looked in the archives and couldn't find the answer to my question. It > is probably there but I just can't get the search string right. Anyway > I've just installed Potato. The mouse works with gpm. The mouse doesn't > work using fvwm. If I move the mouse it flits around the perimiter of the > screen but there is no control. I've listed it as /dev/mouse in > XF86Config. /dev/mouse is a link to gpmdata. It'a a ps/2 mouse. I've > edited XF86Config changing to /dev/psaux and changing the permissions to > 777. What am I doing wrong? Maybe you should try to stop gpm and take it away from your rc*.d files...that worked for me :) > -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: NEWBIE: unable to read mail
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:43:36AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hello, > I guess this is something elementairy, but after some installs and > different configurations of my mailerdaemon (Postfix), I discovered that I > am unable to read mail with pine (the Inbox keeps standing at 0 messages). > Even when I stop Postfix. I guess there has been some change to the path > where incoming mail is stored. Received mail does appear in /var/mail/. > > Someone know how to fix this? imho, there is great chance that the problem comes from your canonical If not done, you should enter sthg like this in /etc/postfix/canonical : user_name [EMAIL PROTECTED] root[EMAIL PROTECTED] Then, in comand line: # postmap canonical # postfix reload -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: mouse problems in 'X'
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:35:53PM -0700, Ray Percival wrote: > What kind of mouse is it? Is it by chance an Intellimouse? No, a cordless logitech, but I don't think that configuration parameters are really differents (PS/2 - 3 buttons) gpm and mouse don't seem to work very fine together... -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
Re: GPM HELP!
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:09:58PM -0600, dude wrote: > I accidenlty installedm GPM, > and now it makes my cursor uncontrollabye with my mouse, > > whtne i removed itmy mouse simple does isnt work any more > > i have set up ln -s psaux /dev/mouse > i have a lgitech that im treating as a ps2 Same answer as above : /usr/sbin/gpm stop update-rc.d -f gpm remove Good luck :) -- ^^ (_/°°-çVirginie | \_`-" )/mutt|| \nn \nn
