> 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 Jesus Loves You! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1