On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:25:30AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > >A few weeks ago (I don't know about now), the KDE distribution in unstable > >simply would not run. I've noted several of the messages recommending the > >unstable branch say that there were some updates that caused the receiving > >machines to crash / lock / not start. > > > >How does one recover from something like this short of doing a reload? > > > > Fix the problem yourself -- a lot of times an error message will point > you to the exact line in the exact file that's causing the problem, and > a quick look will reveal a missing quote mark in the preceding line or a > misspelled word in the line, etc. >
And if you don't know how to fix it but know which file is the problem you can find which package it came from using dpkg -S <file name> I think that there is also apt-file which will let you search for specific files, or in the debian package search page you also have an option to search bu file. > or > > Wait for the problem to be fixed and for the fixed packages to become > available; then install the fixed packages. > > In the meantime, use something other than KDE, such as Gnome, icewm, > wmaker, fluxbox, ion, twm, sawfish, saffire, xfce, qvwm etc etc etc. > > -- > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
