Hi, I've noticed this problem too.. And because I had so much problems getting X to start, I tried another distro. When (in the other distro) I found the problem why my X wouldn't start (which was quite trivial), I installed debian again, and this time I did it the right way.
First I installed potato, I upgraded to kernel 2.4.12 without any problems because I guess potato now has those packages needed to run kernel 2.4.x too. Then I rebooted and added the apt-sources for woody. I FIRST did a apt-get install apt-utils .20 MB of packages where downloaded for this. AFTER that I did a dist-upgrade with totally no problems. So I guess this is just a bug in the dist-upgrade process. To fix this now, you'll have to install apt-utils and maybe do some "apt-get --reinstall install packagename" for all packages that where not configured the right way. You might also try "dpkg-reconfigure packagename" on some packages. Maybe you could even force a complete reinstall of the dist-upgrade by doing a apt-get --reinstall dist-upgrade, but I didn't test that. Bastiaan Huisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.student.kun.nl/b.huisman ----- Original Message ----- From: "D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 1:17 AM Subject: upgrading to Woody, apt-utils question > Hi All > I'm running Potato 2.2.r3 on a HP Pavilion 5450 > (PIII > 800 MGZ) with a EN2442 Nic Card that I had to > configure the tulip driver for. > I did a dist upgrade to Woody and keep receiving > the error not preconfiguring the package, apt-utils is > > not installed. > My question is when you do a upgrade like this why > isn't apt-utils installed with the upgrade if it is > required for configuring the packages? > Yes I reinstalled 2.2.r2, Potato. > I have other questions, but will ask them one at a > time. > Any and all responses are appreciated. > Don > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
