Renaud Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Abologies to Yann since I cc'ed 2 bugs with this, but I think it should be > > in > > the discussion of both. > > > > While this bug *is* resolved in 1999.08.29-9 for me the prerm script in > > 1999.08.29-8 (the one that actually broke on my machine) fails, so the new > > one > > does not get installed. In my case, the solution was to obtain the actual > > deb > > (should be in /var/cache/apt/archives/console-data_1999.08.29-9_all.deb if > > apt > > just failed) and dpkg -i --force confnew console-data_1999.08.29-9.deb. > > That > > made the install succeed. I don't know if there is any way to make this > > automatically use the new scripts, but it would help. > > Unfortunately this didn't work for me, I still get the same error. I also > have a "/proc/hardware not found" error by the way. Thanks, >
i don't have a /proc/hardware either. what i did is edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-data.config and added my architecture by hand: if (($arch eq 'powerpc') || ($arch eq 'm68k')) { # my $subarch = lc substr (`grep ^Model: /proc/hardware`, 7); # $subarch =~ s/^macintosh$/mac/; # $subarch =~ s/^motorola$/mvme/; # $subarch =~ s/^powermac|powerbook*|power|imac*|powermac1*$/pmac/; # $arch = "$arch/$subarch"; $arch = "powerpc/pmac"; <-- add the corresponding arch } this is line 359. not elegant but i finally got console-data configured. (after making the changes run dpkg --configure console-data). --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |