i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.16.4
so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: gdk-imlib1 gnome-cups-manager gnome-system-monitor 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 31 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/118kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done (Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1 (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ... /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure it does not have execute permission dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure it does not have execute permission dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executable script, please ensure it does not have execute permission dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]