Re: [SOLVED] dist-upgrade > broken modem

2005-01-04 Thread Gordon Schumacher
I saw your post about the Ricochet modem - you put me on the right track, and the good news is that I've been in contact with the guys on the linux-usb-devel list. I've suspected for a long time that the Ricochet modem is buggy hardware, and now we've got proof... it turns out that it's flagra

Re: [SOLVED] dist-upgrade > broken modem

2004-12-03 Thread Eric
Eric wrote: > I'm at a bit of a loss here and looking for recommendations. Well, not so much solved as worked around. I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.8 to 2.6.9 --> didn't work I installed udev thinking it might solve the issue --> didn't work, but as an unexpected bonus I figured out how to g

dist-upgrade > broken modem

2004-12-02 Thread Eric
I'm at a bit of a loss here and looking for recommendations. A few days back I did a dist-upgrade (2.6.7 --> 2.6.8-1) on SID and now I can't get my modem to work. I use the wireless Ricochet service with a USB Metricom modem. Currently /dev/modem is symlinked to /dev/ttyACM0, which worked just fin

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-10 Thread Katipo
Uwe Dippel wrote: On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:50:05 +0200, Uwe Dippel wrote: On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 12:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: Coming to libxrender-dev: seems libxrender1 depends on a lower version than installed. You can try to manually download libxrender-dev version 0.8.3-5 and careful

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-10 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:50:05 +0200, Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 12:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > >> Coming to libxrender-dev: seems libxrender1 depends on a lower version >> than installed. You can try to manually download libxrender-dev >> version 0.8.3-5 and carefully dpkg --forc

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-10 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 12:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > Coming to libxrender-dev: seems libxrender1 depends on a lower version > than installed. You can try to manually download libxrender-dev > version 0.8.3-5 and carefully dpkg --force downgrade --install it (not to > mess up the rest of the pac

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:56:16PM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: | On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: | | > a apt-get dist-upgrade is usually recommended since it also | > installs/removes packages when the distribution changes. Try that first, | > see if the problem remains. | | #

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Uwe Dippel wrote: On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: a apt-get dist-upgrade is usually recommended since it also installs/removes packages when the distribution changes. Try that first, see if the problem remains. # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > > > a apt-get dist-upgrade is usually recommended since it also > > installs/removes packages when the distribution changes. Try that first, > > see if the problem remains. > > # apt-get dist-upgra

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:30:17 +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > a apt-get dist-upgrade is usually recommended since it also > installs/removes packages when the distribution changes. Try that first, > see if the problem remains. # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tre

Re: upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Uwe Dippel wrote: > I searched the archives and Google, without success. > The subject says it. I automatically do a daily > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > a apt-get dist-upgrade is usually recommended since it also installs/removes packages when the distribution chang

upgrade broken (Testing) for 10 days - libxrender

2004-04-08 Thread Uwe Dippel
I searched the archives and Google, without success. The subject says it. I automatically do a daily apt-get update apt-get upgrade Some 10 to 14 days back there was a problem coming in: # apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-g

Re: apt-get upgrade broken && ls broken && many others broken

2002-12-30 Thread David Z Maze
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I run apt-get update&&apt-get upgrade frequently. Seems a recently > installed package is broken (I'm suspecting fileutils). > > When I do an ls I get: > ls: reading directory .: Function not implemented > > When I do an apt-get upgrade I get: > 27 packages upg

Re: apt-get upgrade broken && ls broken && many others broken

2002-12-30 Thread nate
Chris said: > The fine folks on #debian at irc.openprojects.net suggested a problem > between libc6 2.3.1-6 and a 2.2 kernel, though I've not yet found how to > fix it with apt-get broken. > > I do not believe that I am running sid. I believe that it is the testing > release, though I am not ce

Re: apt-get upgrade broken && ls broken && many others broken

2002-12-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 02:40:36PM -0600, Chris wrote: > When I do an ls I get: > ls: reading directory .: Function not implemented [...] > The fine folks on #debian at irc.openprojects.net suggested a problem > between libc6 2.3.1-6 and a 2.2 kernel, The fine folks on #debian are absolutely corr

apt-get upgrade broken && ls broken && many others broken

2002-12-30 Thread Chris
Greetings: I run apt-get update&&apt-get upgrade frequently. Seems a recently installed package is broken (I'm suspecting fileutils). When I do an ls I get: ls: reading directory .: Function not implemented When I do an apt-get upgrade I get: 27 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade = broken/unremoveable packages

2001-02-03 Thread Geordie Birch
said Holger Mense, on Feb 2, > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Geordie Birch wrote: > > > > > apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of > > packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f > [...] > > # apt-get -fuy dist-upgrade > [...] > > Preparing to

apt-get dist-upgrade = broken/unremoveable packages

2001-02-01 Thread Geordie Birch
apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f install, apt-get -f dist-upgrade, dpkg --configure -a, dpkg -P [broken packages], apt-get remove [broken packages] has sorted it out. (please cc [EMAIL

Re: upgrade broken

2000-05-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting Chris Mason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am using CorelLinux 1.0 and I tried using dselect to upgrade to unstable. > After all the packages were downloaded, and install started, there were a > lot fo errors somehting like "such and such is not owned by root". > I rebooted and not I get a login

upgrade broken

2000-05-08 Thread Chris Mason
I am using CorelLinux 1.0 and I tried using dselect to upgrade to unstable. After all the packages were downloaded, and install started, there were a lot fo errors somehting like "such and such is not owned by root". I rebooted and not I get a login prompt but no password prmopt. I can't ssh into t

Re: wmaker upgrade broken... need help

1999-01-24 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 04:06:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What's wrong and how can I fix it? I have sources.lists pointing to > slink. A blooper of mine. 0.20.3-3 fixed this. It's on it's way to mirrors (it's already installed on the main archive)

Re: wmaker upgrade broken... need help

1999-01-24 Thread Peter Berlau
On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 04:06:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Had same problem, than I get wmaker from potato, it works but uses libwraster too, -- Peter Berlau [EMAIL PROTECTED]

wmaker upgrade broken... need help

1999-01-24 Thread jpjevans
Hi, folks Any ideas as to what's up with this: debian:/home/jesse# apt-get dist-upgrade Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0b/83