On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:34:57 +0100
Tore Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe I cannot in the long run even resist to learn Emacs!
surely, in your newbie-ness, you meant to say ViM!
;-)
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Marty,
OK, that's true, I shouldn't run "testing", since it's a bit demanding to
maintain upgrades on an enough regular basis when changes are so frequent.
It demands for almost daily hands-on-the-system in a way I haven't got time
for. That is, when etch goes stable I'll probably stick to it; th
Hi Tore, just as a final clarification to this problem.
The reason that debconf (and then dpkg) failed was that root (the user
that you use when running apt-get and dpkg) is not allowed to connect
to the X server by default if it is run by another user. I know this
sounds strange since root is the
*** xserver-xorg reconfigured and all other things work again ***
Using "dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf" and resetting debconf
to use the "dialog" default instead of "KDE" (which needs that dpkg has
permission to use the X server, which it didn't have for some reason)
solved all proble
Tore Ericsson wrote:
> Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
>
>
>>... "sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and
>>selecting "Dialog". (This assumes you've configured your user to have
>>sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
>>other way
Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
> ... "sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and
> selecting "Dialog". (This assumes you've configured your user to have
> sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
> other way to give root access to your
Þann 2006-03-07, 08:04:42 (-0600) skrifaði Kent West:
> Now I see two possible problems: 1) the libkdecore.so.4 file, which I
> still suspect, so I really would encourage you to try the things I
> suggested earlier which you thought had no bearing on your problem. 2)
> Apparently you have your syst
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>THE problem
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html
>caused by my stupidness
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00501.html
>
>
Okay, I missed this second link, which contains good information, such as:
>The recommendation to run "dpkg-reconf
THE problem
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html
caused by my stupidness
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00501.html
seems to be that the configurations that any Debian tool expects are
confusingly out of order or missing in a way that cannot be foreseen (since
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
>
>
>>Tore Ericsson wrote:
>>
>>
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
>>>and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
>>>I'd appreciate other
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
> >
> >and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
> > I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
>
>
>>Are you saying that if you "dpkg -i kdelibs4c2a_3.5.1-2_i386.deb"
>>
>>the installation of the deb will fail?
>>
>yes indeed
>
>
Oh-h-h-h.
Does it complain about the libkdecore also, as in:
>/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
> >
> >and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
> > I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
>>
>>
>and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
>appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
>anyhow :)
>
>
Are you saying tha
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 20:05 -0500, Marty wrote:
>
> Speaking of testing, in another posting you mentioned that you were
> a newbie. I admire your pluck and daring.
>
Me too.
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are the
> The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
anyhow :)
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
> >(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
> >how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal
> > mistake,
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal mistake,
It's a stab-in-the-dark, but I'd try using aptitude
Monday 6 March 2006 23:03 Kai Sandsengen wrote:
> I don't see the origin of your problem (just signed up) but it might be
> the same I had.
Kai,
In the ultimate sense, we may have the "same" problem, that is, such a problem
that may be resolved by a complete Debian reinstallation.
Now since my
I don't see the origin of your problem (just signed up) but it might be
the same I had.
I have just signed up to day and are not familiar with debian, neither
can I tell you what to do, but only tell what I had to do.
Installed the «testing» on my hp laptop very easylie and are working,
ther
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are the results of your propos
Andrei,
> You could try getting the .deb for xserver-xorg and linux-image... and
> install them manually with dpkg -i
>
> Just a thought
> Andrei
>
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough:
Yes, that is probably true regarding my situation. I try my best.
Further, I be
Try purging the package and then reinstalling it, removing does just
like you say, it doesnt delete the configuration files but purging
does, try dpkg --purge xserver-xorg
Or you can allso try out apt-get -f ... the -f switch is --fix-broken
(it is usually used to fix broken dependencies but just
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:44:01 +0100
Tore Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system
> reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error.
>
> Background
> ==
> Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted
> Synaptic updat
I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system
reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error.
Background
==
Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted
Synaptic update of xserver-xorg by running "dpkg-reconfigure -a" instead of
"dpkg --configure -a" (as ad
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