On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:51, you wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:48, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > The sata port on my MB went down and I had to run fsck on the hard-drive. > > I guess the /var directory was mangled. As a result, I cannot install, > > remove, upgrade any package. I get the following error ,essage fro, dpkg: > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `hpijs' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `update-inetd' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libqt4-sql' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libsnmp9' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libmagic1' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libgnomecanvas2-0' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libglade2-0' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libgda2-common' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `openbsd-inetd' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `openoffice.org-math' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-ipy' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-cairo' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-gtk2' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-numeric' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libavformat0d' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libbonoboui2-common' > > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libxp6' missing, > > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: error > > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch7_amd64.deb > > (--unpack): > > unable to open files list file for package `fontconfig-config': No such > > device or address > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch7_amd64.deb > > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > Any ideas? > > Thank you > > Thierry > > Oupss... > I must add: I tried all --force things I found in man dpkg > Thierry >
Any one with an idea before I have to perform a reinstall ? -- Linux is like a tipee: no Windows, no Gate and an Apache inside -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]