On Thursday 09 June 2011 16:55:43 Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2011 15:29:22 Mark Panen wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday 09 June 2011 14:21:12 Mark Panen wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > On Thursday 09 June 2011 12:52:41 Mark Panen wrote: > > >> >> > And at the risk of seeming even more repetitious: > > >> >> > Could you run apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade and > > >> >> > post what you get? Also it is worth posting the present state of > > >> >> > your /etc/network/interfaces file. That just _might_ give us > > >> >> > some clues! > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Lisi > > >> >> > > >> >> yes i have tried them all, everyone. > > >> > > > >> > I'm sorry Mark, but without the information that I have asked for, > > >> > several times now, I really can't help you. And I fear that no-one > > >> > else will be able to either. > > >> > > > >> > If you change your mind and are prepared to give the information, > > >> > then I'll see whether there is anything else I can do. > > >> > > > >> > Lisi > > >> > > >> apt-get update > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze Release.gpg > > >> Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en > > >> Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib > > >> Translation-en_ZA Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze/main > > >> Translation-en Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze/main > > >> Translation-en_ZA Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > > >> squeeze/non-free Translation-en Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > > >> squeeze/non-free Translation-en_ZA Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org > > >> squeeze-updates Release.gpg > > >> Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/contrib > > >> Translation-en Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > > >> squeeze-updates/contrib Translation-en_ZA Hit > > >> http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg > > >> Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en > > >> Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib > > >> Translation-en_ZA Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > > >> squeeze-updates/main Translation-en Ign > > >> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/main > > >> Translation-en_ZA Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze Release > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze-updates Release > > >> Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en > > >> Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_ZA > > >> Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free > > >> Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ > > >> squeeze/updates/non-free > > >> Translation-en_ZA Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates > > >> Release Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main Sources > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main Sources > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/contrib Sources > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/non-free Sources > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/contrib amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/non-free amd64 Packages > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze-updates/contrib Sources > > >> Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze-updates/main amd64 > > >> Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org > > >> squeeze-updates/contrib amd64 Packages Hit http://mirrors.kernel.org > > >> squeeze-updates/main amd64 Packages Reading package lists... Done > > >> > > >> > > >> apt-get dist-upgrade > > >> Reading package lists... Done > > >> Building dependency tree > > >> Reading state information... Done > > >> Calculating upgrade... Done > > >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > >> > > >> > > >> cat /etc/network/interfaces > > >> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > > >> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > >> > > >> # The loopback network interface > > >> auto lo > > >> iface lo inet loopback > > >> > > >> # The primary network interface > > >> allow-hotplug eth0 > > >> #NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet static > > >> > > >> iface eth0 inet static > > >> address 192.168.1.103 > > >> netmask 255.255.255.0 > > >> network 192.168.0.0 > > >> broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > >> gateway 192.168.1.254 > > >> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if > > >> installed dns-nameservers 192.168.1.254 > > >> > > >> #auto eth0 > > >> #iface eth0 inet static > > >> #address 192.168.1.103 > > >> #netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > > > On the face of it, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong. You > > > started with 6.0.0 and now have 6.0.1, so you have clearly done some > > > upgrading. update and dist-upgrade both agree that there are no updates > > > available. Since the system upgraded to 6.0.1 without your realising > > > it, perhaps it has kept up with any updates that there are. A slimmed > > > down Squeeze is not going to have many updates. > > > > > > But I meant to ask you for your sources.list and mistakenly asked you > > > for /etc/apt/interfaces, which you had told me was now working. Sorry. > > > > > > :-( Could you post your sources.list? There are some strange lines in > > > > > > the updates and I have not come across this format, and I would like to > > > see where they come from. Perhaps someone else has seen this and I am > > > showing my ignorance? E.g.<Translation-en Ign > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/>, <Translation-en_ZA Hit > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze Release>. In my experience the > > > language info comes at the end of the line, e.g. <Ign > > > http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_GB>, <Ign > > > http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_GB>. This machine is > > > running Lenny, but I have just checked to make sure that Squeeze (on my > > > granddaughter's box) does indeed do the same and that it is not my > > > memory playing me false. It does. > > > > > > Lisi > > > > cat /etc/apt/sources.list > > # > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1 20110205-18:15]/ squeeze contrib main > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1 20110205-18:15]/ squeeze contrib main > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a Update DVD 20110322: amd64 DVD > > 1]/ squeeze contrib main non-free > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free > > > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib > > deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib > > You have a couple of things obviously not there that I find useful, and one > there that I have never had: the kernel ones. I get updated kernels > without having it. But I also have a basic one and volatile (for things > like clamav that are obviously useless if they are not kept up to date). > > Try adding the following to your sources.list and see if it makes any > difference: > > <quote> > deb http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib > non-free > deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main > </quote> > > Obviously, change the mirror if you would prefer to do so. > > Update and then upgrade. If you still get nothing I think that you just > have to come to the conclusion that you are, by some strange magic, already > fully upgraded, as has been suggested by others as well as by me. > > But I would keep those two, or similar (i.e. different mirror, if > preferred), in your sources list.
Sorry - obviously put Squeeze in place of Lenny. Sorry - that is important, and just may be harmful (improbable). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201106091705.26627.lisi.re...@gmail.com