RE: apt-get problem

2005-03-09 Thread Gustavo Halperin
7 61783 * <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:25 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: apt-get problem Hi All, Hopefully someone can help me with this... I have an old(er) laptop that I use

Re: apt-get problem

2005-03-08 Thread Marcus Thiesen
Heyho... On Tuesday 08 March 2005 00:25, Ben wrote: > > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... 115430 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.1.5-1 (using > .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ... >

Re: apt-get problem

2005-03-08 Thread Alvin Smith
On Monday 07 March 2005 07:25 pm, Ben wrote: > Hi All, > > Hopefully someone can help me with this... > > I have an old(er) laptop that I use as a router, I recently ran an > apt-get upgrade on the laptop from stable to testing which returned the > following error: > > Preconfiguring packages ... >

Re: apt-get problem

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Greenhoe
Nope. Won't work -- I've tried that before. Apt is actually checking its database, not the filesystem. -Ian On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 07:15 +0100, Anders EllenshÃj Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 08 March 2005 01:25, Ben wrote: > > trying to overwrite > > `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.

Re: apt-get problem

2005-03-07 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 01:25, Ben wrote: > trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also > in package openoffice-de-en As a last resort, you may have to delete this file manually. First check out what other files exist in the directory, use thi

Re: apt-get problem

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Greenhoe
Things to try: 1) Run aptitude. Tell it to uninstall kdeoffice and openoffice. 2) If you don't have aptitude installed, try forcing an upgrade of openoffice. (apt-get install openoffice-de-en), and then do your regular upgrade. 3) If neither of those works for you, you can tell apt to "hold"

apt-get problem

2005-03-07 Thread Ben
Hi All, Hopefully someone can help me with this... I have an old(er) laptop that I use as a router, I recently ran an apt-get upgrade on the laptop from stable to testing which returned the following error: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 115430 files and directories currently ins

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 14:53, en ben va escriure: > Joan Tur wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: > >>so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 14:53, en ben va escriure: > Joan Tur wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: > >>so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread ben
Joan Tur wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have no idea how, using apt-get "apt-get install -t stable hotplug" may help (man apt-get!!) ;) Hmm... din't

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: > so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have no idea how, > using apt-get "apt-get install -t stable hotplug" may help (man apt-get!!) ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain Jabber:

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread ben
Joan Tur wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have no idea how, using apt-get "apt-get install -t stable hotplug" may help (man apt-get!!) ;) Hmm... din't seem

hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread ben
hich'll be handy when I have downgraded hotplug, but not much use at the moment...! as an alternative, is there a way I can force usbmouse to be insmod'd regardles of lack of hid &/or keybdev? cheers, smerk and yes i know that apt-get problem is not a good idea!

Re: hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dimecres 10 Desembre 2003 13:56, en ben va escriure: > so I think the solution is to downgrade hotplug but I have no idea how, > using apt-get "apt-get install -t stable hotplug" may help (man apt-get!!) ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain Jabber:

hotplug update unplugged mouse! (apt-get problem!!)

2003-12-10 Thread ben
#x27;ll be handy when I have downgraded hotplug, but not much use at the moment...! as an alternative, is there a way I can force usbmouse to be insmod'd regardles of lack of hid &/or keybdev? cheers, smerk and yes i know that apt-get problem is not a good idea! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-23 Thread Marvin Renich
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 02:36:15PM +1000, Ben wrote: > I know it's not laptop specific but.. > Just wondering if anyone has had problems with apt-get 'Dynamic MMap' ? > If I try to do an update with the following source list: > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > deb ftp://mirror.

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-23 Thread Marvin Renich
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 02:36:15PM +1000, Ben wrote: > I know it's not laptop specific but.. > Just wondering if anyone has had problems with apt-get 'Dynamic MMap' ? > If I try to do an update with the following source list: > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > deb ftp://mirror.

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-22 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Monday 22 September 2003 06:36, Ben wrote: I am sorry but doing 'apt-get problem' is simply asking for trouble.. ;) Anders -- This email was generated using KMail from KDE 3.1.3 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-22 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! Ben wrote (Mon 2003-Sep-22 14:36:15 +1000): > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room Increase the amount of memory reserved by apt; the default size is 6MB. You can do this by adding a line such as: APT::Cache-Limit 12582912; to "/etc/apt/apt.conf" or to a fil

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-22 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Monday 22 September 2003 06:36, Ben wrote: I am sorry but doing 'apt-get problem' is simply asking for trouble.. ;) Anders -- This email was generated using KMail from KDE 3.1.3 on Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Apt-get problem

2003-09-21 Thread Ben
I know it's not laptop specific but.. Just wondering if anyone has had problems with apt-get 'Dynamic MMap' ? If I try to do an update with the following source list: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb

Re: Apt-get problem

2003-09-21 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! Ben wrote (Mon 2003-Sep-22 14:36:15 +1000): > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room Increase the amount of memory reserved by apt; the default size is 6MB. You can do this by adding a line such as: APT::Cache-Limit 12582912; to "/etc/apt/apt.conf" or to a fil

Apt-get problem

2003-09-21 Thread Ben
I know it's not laptop specific but.. Just wondering if anyone has had problems with apt-get 'Dynamic MMap' ? If I try to do an update with the following source list: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb f

Re: apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Joerg" == Joerg Stephan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Joerg> ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. Joerg> This package cannot be installed until this file is removed. [...] Joerg> So i just need a way to telle apt-get that it should stop trying Joerg> to inst

Re: apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Joerg Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This > package > cannot be installed until this file is removed. > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_i

apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Joerg Stephan
Hello, i've got a Problem with 'apt-get install' abramelin:/home/joerg/# apt-get install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: kdelibs3: Depends: xba

Re: apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Joerg" == Joerg Stephan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Joerg> ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. Joerg> This package cannot be installed until this file is removed. [...] Joerg> So i just need a way to telle apt-get that it should stop trying Joerg> to inst

Re: apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Joerg Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This > package > cannot be installed until this file is removed. > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16_i

apt-get Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Joerg Stephan
Hello, i've got a Problem with 'apt-get install' abramelin:/home/joerg/# apt-get install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: kdelibs3: Depends: xbas