On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:20:09PM +0100, Willi Dyck wrote: > Hi group, > > I have several problems installing the latest version of modutils. > > 1.) Output of 'apt-get install modutils': > Preparing to replace modutils 2.3.11-13.1 > (using.../modutils_2.4.2-0.bunk_i386.deb) ... > Removing obsoleted files: > Unpacking replacement modutils ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/modutils_2.4.2-0.bunk_i386.deb (--unpack): > unable to install new version of `./sbin/lsmod': Operation not permitted > dpkg: error while cleaning up: unable to restore backup version of > `/sbin/lsmod': Operation not > permitted > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/modutils_2.4.2-0.bunk_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > 2.) 'apt-get remove modutils' to install it from scratch, won't work, > because of the inconsistence in [1]. The same for 'apt-get install > modutils > --reinstall'. > > 3.) What kind of "Operation not permitted" is ment in [1]? > read/write/execute? > $ ls -al /sbin/lsmod: > l-ws-ws--x 1 root root 6 Dec 10 22:18 /sbin/lsmod > -> insmod > Several friends of mine have the same file-permissions for that > file. Changing that permissions to whatever I want, does not solve > this problem. > > Waiting hopefully for any suggestions ;-) >
did you try `dpkg --purge modutils`. What are the results of this? ->W -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wesley Wannemacher Instructor / Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyway, my money is still on use strict vars . . . -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
