Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/15/09 16:22, Stephen Dewey wrote: >>> >>> Try: >>> # apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686 >>> >> >> By the way, isn't this the linux image for Intel through P4? I am not >>

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
> Try: > # apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686 > By the way, isn't this the linux image for Intel through P4? I am not sure if this is the right package for me, I am running x86_64. uname-a gives: Linux asystems 2.6.16.29-xen #1 SMP Sun Sep 30 04:00:13 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Any idea how I can

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
> Look for /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6*deb. > > I'd manually (dpkg -i") install install the relevant package then reboot and > try again following the Etch->Lenny instructions. > Thanks for the clarification. I didn't find /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6*deb, does that mean any

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Stephen Dewey wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Johannes Wiedersich > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Stephen Dewey wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Ron Johnson wr

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Stephen Dewey wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> I am having trouble with the libfaac0 package, and have been hoping to

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Stephen Dewey
>> Ok. I am OK with moving to Lenny. Would it then be OK for me to simply >> upgrade to Lenny via the below? >> >> apt-get update >> apt-get -t stable upgrade >> apt-get -t stable dist-upgrade >> apt-get -t testing upgrade >> apt-get -t testing dist-upgrade >> >> (I am getting this from >> http://w

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-14 Thread Stephen Dewey
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> I am having trouble with the libfaac0 package, and have been hoping to >> upgrade it the hope that a bug fix has been released for my problem. >> The libfaac0 package requires libc6 >= 2.7-1 but etch only has >> 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8, so I've

essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-14 Thread Stephen Dewey
I am having trouble with the libfaac0 package, and have been hoping to upgrade it the hope that a bug fix has been released for my problem. The libfaac0 package requires libc6 >= 2.7-1 but etch only has 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8, so I've added a testing distribution to my sources list. However, after runn