> First, change sources.list to point to sid. > > apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686
Ok, now I point to: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib I did apt-get update: # apt-get update Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable Release [79.6kB] Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B] Get:4 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex [2023B] Get:5 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex [2023B] Get:6 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [16.4kB] Get:7 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [16.4kB] Get:8 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [16.4kB] Get:9 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [252B] Get:10 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [252B] Get:11 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib 2007-10-16-2023.16.pdiff [252B] Fetched 102kB in 12s (8124B/s) Reading package lists... Done And then: # apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gsfonts-x11: Depends: xutils (>= 4.1.0-12) but it is not going to be installed libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6-7) but 2.6.1-5 is to be installed libfs6: Depends: x11-common but it is not going to be installed libgksu1.2-0: Depends: xbase-clients but it is not going to be installed libgksuui1.0-0: Depends: xbase-clients but it is not going to be installed libice-dev: Depends: libice6 (= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7) but 2:1.0.4-1 is to be installed libice6: Depends: x11-common but it is not going to be installed libx11-6: Depends: xfree86-common (> 4.3.0) but it is not installable libxkbfile1: Depends: x11-common but it is not going to be installed linux-image-2.6-686: Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 but it is not going to be installed locales: Depends: glibc-2.3.5-3 but it is not installable nvidia-glx: Depends: xserver-common (>= 4.0.3) but it is not installable ttf-commercial: Depends: xutils (>= 4.0.2) but it is not going to be installed ttf-thryomanes: Depends: xutils (>= 4.0.2) but it is not going to be installed x-dev: Depends: x11proto-core-dev but it is not going to be installed x-ttcidfont-conf: Depends: xutils but it is not going to be installed xfonts-100dpi: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-100dpi-transcoded: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-75dpi: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-75dpi-transcoded: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-base: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-base-transcoded: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-scalable: Depends: xutils (> 4.0.3) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-terminus: Depends: xutils (>= 4.0.2-11) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-terminus-dos: Depends: xutils (>= 4.0.2-11) but it is not going to be installed xfonts-terminus-oblique: Depends: xutils (>= 4.0.2-11) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). So I did: # apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: binutils libc6-dev libdmx1 libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libice-dev libpixman-1-0 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 libxfont1 libxrandr2 libxxf86dga1 linux-libc-dev locales x11-apps x11-common x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils x11proto-core-dev xauth xbase-clients xbitmaps xcursor-themes xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xinit xlibs-data xutils xutils-dev zlib1g Suggested packages: binutils-doc libfreetype6-dev mesa-utils The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-kernel-headers nvidia-glx xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following NEW packages will be installed: libdmx1 libfontenc1 libpixman-1-0 libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 libxfont1 libxxf86dga1 linux-libc-dev x11-apps x11-common x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils x11proto-core-dev xauth xbase-clients xbitmaps xcursor-themes xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xinit xutils xutils-dev The following packages will be upgraded: binutils libc6-dev libfreetype6 libice-dev libx11-6 libxrandr2 locales xlibs-data zlib1g 9 upgraded, 26 newly installed, 6 to remove and 765 not upgraded. 5 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/15.9MB of archives. After unpacking 1810kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 129338 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.3+2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.3+2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xprt Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.3+2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > this will get you a linux-image meta-package that always points to the > latest 2.6 kernel for your architecture. This will give you regular So I'm back to where I've started, it complains about `/usr/X11R6/bin' and x11-common_1%3a7.3+2_i386.deb. What am I supposed to do now? Any suggestions? I tried to remove xprt: # dpkg --purge xprt dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of xprt: xprt-common depends on xprt-xprintorg | xprt; however: Package xprt-xprintorg is not installed. Package xprt is to be removed. dpkg: error processing xprt (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: Xprt # dpkg --purge xprt-common dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of xprt-common: xprt depends on xprt-common. dpkg: error processing xprt-common (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: xprt-common # dpkg --purge xprt-xprintorg dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove xprt-xprintorg which isn't installed. And I'm simply stuck at this point... > kernel updates as they occur in sid. This install will also probably > pull in some more sid packages and *may* produce some scary stuff. If > you want to, post up what it wants to do before you actually do it and > we'll look it over for you. > > Once that kernel is installed,(lilo note: make *sure* lilo is pointing > to the new kernel *and* the currently working kernel, otherwise you're > screwed) reboot into that kernel and see what happens. If it works then > move ahead. If not, report back with details. > > Then *I* would just dive in with > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > and see what happens. I would take notes of what major packages get > removed or broken as a result an eye towards fixing them when done. > Note that this is not for the faint of heart but it will work out in > the end. > > I think this will more or less work because you've already got some > important stuff (libc6) up at sid. > > It may take several rounds of dist-upgrade to get is all done *and* its > very likely that X will break in the process. We can fix that once its > all done. Also note that this may take a couple days even if its going > well... be prepared to have your system down for that time. > > If you decide that you don't want to push up to sid, you've got soem > work cut out for you as you'll have to manually install packages with > dpkg. > > good luck and keep us posted. > > A
