> On 25-Nov-2001 Shawn Lamson wrote:
> > hi all -
> > after ruining gnome in an attempt to install a
> font
> > translator (ttf2pt1) i decided to overhaul anyway,
> > tried ximian gnome ; had panel errors gazou;
> decided
> > to wipe ximian out, which meant uninstalling just
> > about every gnome related package, so i decided to
> go
> > from my beginner's potato to a woody install... i
> did
> > the presumably standard "apt-get dist-upgrade and
> > muddled my way through a few errors until it
> looked
> > like everything went in. ( i am logged in remotely
> so
> > i cant run X)... but i still see that on my last
> run
> > of apt-get it still says the following about
> packages
> > not upgraded...
> > 
> > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1
> reinstalled,
> > 0 to remove and 87  not upgraded.
> > 
> > any input?  is this o.k. or do i need to keep
> working?
THEN
--- "eric k. wolven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Try "apt-get -f install"
> 
> The read-out of apt indicates something is missing
> or not configured.
> Try "dselect" also...
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Eric
> 
> 

through dselecting; apt-getting; forcing an overwrite
of libcupsys.so.2 i got all the way here:

Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove
and 1  not upgraded.
3 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be
used.
Setting up xfs (4.1.0-9) ...
dpkg: error processing xfs (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 1
Setting up xserver-svga (3.3.6-39) ...
dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 10
Setting up xserver-vga16 (3.3.6-39) ...
dpkg: error processing xserver-vga16 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xfs
 xserver-svga
 xserver-vga16
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
(1)

anyone have an idea?

thanks again, plus see my next email for my other
problem!
shawn

=====
Shawn Lamson
Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
Kernel 2.2.10
KDE 1.1.1
XFree 3.3.4
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