To start I'd apt-get install --reinstall binutils module-init-tools
then try apt-get -f install which will try to fix problem or will provide some error messages rob On 17 November 2013 12:08, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > Following Andrei's advice, I used dpkg --audit to sort out problems > with network connections, which it did very successfully. > > In the process, I discovered that there was quite a list of > unconfigured packages. These I have been trying to configure. In > the process I have unleashed a dependency hell, not only worse than I > have ever seen, but worse than I ever imagined. > > Is there a trick? Other than trying one after another going > backwards, and hoping that I will not either go round and round in > circles, or meet a demand for a version that I can see no hope of > installing. > > Here is the list as it currently stands. Help! > http://paste.ubuntu.com/6431514/ > > In fact, is this sensibly soluble, or should I give up on upgrading > and reinstall? > > Thanks! > Lisi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201311171208.05033.lisi.re...@gmail.com > > -- *rob*