On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 03:27:59AM +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 06:51:49PM +1000, hce wrote: > > > > > > I ran following command and got an error. > > > > > > $ apt-get install lighttpd > > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' > > > to correct the problem. > > > > > > I then ran the dpkg, and did not know why it went to call setting up > > > my ndas driver and then freezed my system. I have to pull the power > > > > because the -a flag means "all", so every package gets reconfigured. > > > > now, as to why that might cause the system to crash, I don't know. > > Ever tried it? I haven't. It may loop one by one through them all > nicely, or it may be feircely resource dependent, and he doesn't have > enough machine to keep up. Next throw away install I do, I'm going to > try it. Thanks.
I've done it, no problem, on a low-resource system. It goes one-by-one although I forget how it decides the order. It is no more resource-dependent than any other shell script and doesn't do anything more than would have been done during the package install. However, perhaps it found a weakness in the system, in the same way that compiling taxes a system in unusual ways. I'm thinking re drive system or it found a kernel bug... Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
