>Michael Kahle wrote: >> I am getting an error when upgrading my distribution to unstable... >> >> dpkg-divert: 'diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 to >> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender-1.1.so.1 by libxrender1' clashes with >> 'diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 to >> /usr/share/libxrender1.1/diversions/libXrender.so.1 by libxrender1.1' >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxrender1_0.8.2-1_i386.deb >> (--unpack): >> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 >> >> Any clues as to what I can do to force (or fix) this install of this >> so that I can move on? apt just exists after this.
Nick Hastings wrote: >I've not seen this type of problem before, however it seems that the >pre-install script (/var/lib/dpjg/info/libxrender1.preinst) is failing >because it is trying to divert >(man 8 dpkg-divert) a file to a >location that is already used. > >You seem to have two versions of libxrender installed >(version 1 and 1.1). Perhaps you should remove one of them. > Thanks Nick. I tried what you suggested, but it seems that my problems are deeper than this. I could not uninstall libxrender1 or 1.1, it said that a few other programs I had installed depended on it. So, I removed those programs (nautilus, gnome-core, gnome-terminal, nautilus-cd-burn, etc.). So now when I run "apt-get update" it tells me that it will install powermgmt-base and upgrade powermgmt-base, no mention of trying to force an install of libxrender1. It also says the following: 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded. 147 not fully installed or removed. [...other familiar stuff...] Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Preconfiguring packages... Selecting previously deselected package powermgmt-base. (Reading database ... 53420 files and directories currently installed.) Prepairing to replace powermgmt-base 1.6 (using .../powermgmt-base_1.16_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement powermgmt-base ... Architecture-specific modutils configuration not found, using defaults cat: /etc/modprobe.d/arch/generic: Nosuch file or directory dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... cat: /etc/modprobe.d/arch/generic: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/powermgmt-base_1.16_i386.deb (--u npack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 cat: /etc/modprobe.d/arch/generic: No such file or directory dpkg: errorwhile cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status1 Errors wer encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/powermgmt-base_1.16_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # So I tried to remove "powermgmt-base" and the following happened when running "apt-get remove powermgmt-base" Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: powermgmt-base 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 34 not upgraded. 147 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 127kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Dpkg: error processing powermgmt-base (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: powermgmt-base E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # A little background here. This is a LVM/RAID machine with a custom kernel. I did not compile into the kernel APM support. Would this be causing this problem? That is the problem with the "Architecture-specific modutils configuration not found" message that I am receiving? I am a little lost here. Thanks for your time. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
