Hi Louis, Quoting Louis Gidney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Replying to : Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > (Greetings from Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scottish Highlands) > > Dear Matthew, > Thank you for your prompt reply to my plea for help. > > I've done: > sudo aptitude update > sudo aptitude upgrade > as you suggested. > > Something called postgresql-8.1 seems to prevent > successful completion --as you will better understand > than I, (an ordinary user) from some lines of the terminal > upgrade process pasted further below. <snip /> > Preparing to replace postgresql-8.1 8.1.9-0ubuntu0.6.06 (using > .../postgresql-8.1_8.1.13-0ubuntu0.6.06_i386.deb) ... > * Stopping PostgreSQL 8.1 database server * Error: specified cluster > does not exist > > [fail] > invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.1, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > * Stopping PostgreSQL 8.1 database server * Error: specified cluster > does not exist > > [fail] > invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.1, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql-8.1_8.1.13-0ubuntu0.6.06_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > * Starting PostgreSQL 8.1 database server * Error: specified cluster > does not exist > > [fail] > invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.1, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Hmmm, do you know if you are using Postgresql? an easy way to find out is to type the following: sudo netstat -antpu | grep -i listen and paste the response into your reply so I can see what's running. It looks like there is an issue with the postgresql package, so it may be worth running: sudo aptitude clean sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude update If you could also post the content of /etc/apt/sources.list, that would be great. I'm traveling tomorrow however I'll take a look at this when I reach my destination if no-one else has leapt in. Kind regards, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
