[KS] wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to search the list's messages from the last couple of weeks to > see if others might have experienced this problem. Didn't see anything, > so I'm posting here. Point me to other similar posts if there were any. > > I was upgrading my system using dselect and after purging > linux-image-2.6.14-2-686, it was probably doing something related to > splash image (I didn't have splash image on the machine before this > upgrade). It didn't find any splash image and said "skipping...". It > updated menu.lst and now is sitting there doing nothing :( There were > two initramfs related bugs marked as critical #361270 and #358397. I > wonder if one of those were a reason of this behaviour! > > I will leave it running till the morning so as to wait for > responses/suggestions on how to proceed from here. > > Thanks, > /ks > > Fetched 105MB in 6m20s (275kB/s) > Reading package fields... Done > Reading package status... Done > Retrieving bug reports... Done > grave bugs of python-cairo (-> 2.4, 2.3) <done> > #325379 - python-cairo: undefined symbol: cairo_ps_surface_create > critical bugs of initramfs-tools (-> 0.68b) <open> > #361270 - update-initrams doesn't call lilo, when grub is around > grave bugs of busybox ( -> 1:1.1.3-2) <open> > #163501 - busybox: cp -a doesn't copy symlinks > grave bugs of initramfs-tools (-> 0.68b) <open> > #358397 - initramfs-tools: Fails to install > grave bugs of python-gnome2 (-> 2.12.4-3) <open> > #354614 - foomatic-gui: segfaults when invoked > Summary: > python-cairo(1 bug), busybox(1 bug), initramfs-tools(2 bugs), > python-gnome2(1 bug) > Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...] > Reading changelogs... Done > Extracting templates from packages: 100% > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... 146544 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing aptitude ... > Purging configuration files for aptitude ... > Removing libgnome-menu0 ... > Purging configuration files for libgnome-menu0 ... > Removing libreadline4 ... > Purging configuration files for libreadline4 ... > (Reading database ... 146521 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing libtasn1-2-bin ... > (Reading database ... 146507 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 ... > Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 ... > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst > Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... > Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-686 > Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-686 > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done > > >
It seems that linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 was causing some problems. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 (--purge): subprocess post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
