On Debian Etch on a white box AMD machine with 1GB RAM, I cannot update the system. This is what I get:
myhome:/home/zeev# apt-get update Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release [37.6kB] Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Translation-en_US Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/non-free Translation-en_US Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny Release [68.6kB] Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org etch Release Get:6 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages [281kB] Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages [6471kB] Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Packages Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/non-free Packages Fetched 6861kB in 1m33s (73.1kB/s) E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. myhome:/home/zeev# dpkg --configure -a myhome:/home/zeev# man configure No manual entry for configure myhome:/home/zeev# man dpkg Reformatting dpkg(1), please wait... myhome:/home/zeev# dpkg --configure dpkg: --configure needs at least one package name argument Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! myhome:/home/zeev# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 Suggested packages: linux-doc-2.6.18 The following packages will be upgraded: linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 607 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/16.2MB of archives. After unpacking 1896kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 70759 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 (using .../linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-17_i386.deb) ... The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486 still exists. Continuing as directed. Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 ... Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub. You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. Please call /usr/sbin/update-grub instead! Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-486 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-17) ... Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486/source However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486/source Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 was configured last, according to dpkg) Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 was configured last, according to dpkg) Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. Please call /usr/sbin/update-grub instead! Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-486 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done myhome:/home/zeev# Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
