Thanks, I am going to try that right now! The cool thing is that dselect helped me to fixed the other package being not completely installed due to that errors. So now I have Xorg (way faster) and gnome 2.10 completely.
One question still stand. how would I know I can upgrade them if they are in the preferences not to be changed? Thanks Manu --- Jason 'Sputnik' Paku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 03:40 +0200, Manu wrote: > > So I have tried everything recommanded > > but I am completely stuck > > can anyone help me? > > > > > > when I want to upgrade/install a newer version of > udev > > I get > > -------------- > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to > correct > > these: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > hal: Depends: udev (>= 0.063) but 0.056-3 is to > be > > installed > > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' > with > > no packages (or specify a solution). > > ------------------------- > > > > > > and when I want to install a newer kernel I get: > > ---------------------- > > (Reading database ... 98255 files and directories > > currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace udev 0.056-3 (using > > .../archives/udev_0.065-1_i386.deb) ...udev > requires a > > kernel >= 2.6.12, upgrade aborted. > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.065-1_i386.deb > > (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script > > returned error exit status 1 > > ---------------------- > > > > how do I get out of this situation? this is > getting > > really annoying > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Manu > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > > well i can offer a temp solution. you'll need to > create a file called > preferences in /etc/apt/ > > type the below in it: > > Package: udev > Pin: version 0.056* > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > Package: hal > Pin: version 0.4.8* > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > > NOTE: this will force dpkpg/apt to ignore newer > versions of these 2 > packages. also, by doing this, other newer packages > that require higher > versions of udev/hal will not be installed. alsa is > an example. > > i had this exact problem before, as i too run sid. > it's a risk we all > take if we decide to run sid/unstable. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
