Re: dselect problem
Jarosław Lachowski wrote: podczas instalacji pakietow przy uzyciu dselect dostaje nastepujacy komunikat: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies.../usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install: line 54: 2537 Segmentation fault $APTGET $OPTS $APT_OPT0 $APT_OPT1 dselect-upgrade Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. A jaki debianek? Instalacja pakietow z cd czy z netu? I jakich pakietow? Poza tym moja sugestia brzmi: Prawdopodobnie masz uszkodzony pilk pkgcache.bin. Sprobuj usunac /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin a potem 'apt-get update'. Mysle, ze powinno pomoc... pozdrawiam Bastek
dselect problem
podczas instalacji pakietow przy uzyciu dselect dostaje nastepujacy komunikat: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies.../usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install: line 54: 2537 Segmentation fault $APTGET $OPTS $APT_OPT0 $APT_OPT1 dselect-upgrade Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. jak i ew. gdzie moge to naprawic? z gory dzieki za odpowiedz pozdrawiam Jarek
Re: Testing dselect problem
Michael Jager wrote: Not all the packages were installed. Now, whenever I try to [I]nstall from dselect, I get this message: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at (eval 1) line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2. ) -- aborting Sounds like a broken version of perl. What's the output of: ddpkg -S strict.pm dpkg -l perl\* -- see shy jo
Testing dselect problem
Hi all, Sorry about the cross-post, but I'm not really sure which list I should be posting to. I have a disk set which I downloaded for 2.2_r3 stable a few months ago. Last night, I reinstalled from this set, then configured apt to use both stable/main and testing/main (testing because I need perl5.6). I left the box downloading packages last night, when I got up this morning, it asked me a few questions about debconf, (ie. what questions it would ask me - critical, high, etc), then the install script exited. Not all the packages were installed. Now, whenever I try to [I]nstall from dselect, I get this message: debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at (eval 1) line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2. ) -- aborting I ran ``find / -name *strict* -print'', which returned no results. Does anybody have an idea as to how I could resolve this problem? Reinstalling from a different disk set is probably not a problem. Thanks in advance, Michael
apt, dselect problem!
Hello! I have a problem! I did By Mistake (C) select a few packages with dselect and they depended on a bunch of other packages.. so now dselect wants to install all those packages, and i dont i dont want to install ANY of the packages that i selected.. how can i undo those selections? /TRiPZ Ladda ner det senaste från Passagens Filarkiv http://tucows.passagen.se/
Re: apt, dselect problem!
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dselect problem
I can't remember what happened before the problem happened, but here's the summary of the problem: dselect (as well as dpkg) won't install or remove any packages. when i try to install or remove any package, an error message ...libgnomeui32 - device not configured. dselect then retries the entire thing, but it would exit with error code 100. what should i do? i checked libgnomeui32 and it's installed. the problem manifests itself even when X-windows isn't enabled. __ www.edsamail.com
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:38:47PM +0200, Martin Bretschneider wrote: If you do not want to update all packages, put the ones that you do not want to upgrade on hold. If you want to track only a few packages, put everything on hold first and then unhold the few. Hm, I yust wanna update few debs day by day. If I understand it the right way, I can make an 'apt-get update' and then install my wanted deb with apt-get [deb]. Right? If you mean to keep updating the same group of packages, then putting all other packages on hold is the best way, I think. YMMV. If you want to upgrade a few packages every day, thus gradually upgrading your whole system, then maybe running apt-get install $somepkg may be more convenient. Still, it is advisable to update the available file in dselect once in a while and to check the package selections. Well, what's going to happed with dependencies at all. You also mentioned it. Is there another file that contains every installed deb, its version and it dependencies? If yes, I can do update my sources.list as long as I want because that just contain debs *to install*. Please correct my if I'm wrong;) I'm not entirely sure what you mean, actually. Probably, you're talking about the dpkg status database. It is not the same as the available database, if that is what you mean, indeed. Cheers, Joost
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
moin moin Joost!
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:13:44 +0200 you were able to write:
[...]
If you want to update from ftp, uncomment all but the ftp uris.
OK.
If you do not want to update all packages, put the ones that you do
not want to upgrade on hold. If you want to track only a few packages,
put everything on hold first and then unhold the few.
Hm, I yust wanna update few debs day by day. If I understand it the right
way, I can make an 'apt-get update' and then install my wanted deb with
apt-get [deb]. Right?
[complicated dselct;)]
Well, what's going to happed with dependencies at all. You also mentioned
it. Is there another file that contains every installed deb, its version
and it dependencies? If yes, I can do update my sources.list as long as I
want because that just contain debs *to install*.
Please correct my if I'm wrong;)
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Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
On 12/07/01 22:38 +0200, Martin Bretschneider wrote: [...] Hm, I yust wanna update few debs day by day. If I understand it the right way, I can make an 'apt-get update' and then install my wanted deb with apt-get [deb]. Right? [...] # apt-get install emacs20 will get emacs20 deb and required dependencies from where you've told apt to look (in /etc/apt/sources.list) and install them all. I also like to do an update regularly and see what's new (new packages and new upgrades). Then choose which I want to install and upgrade. I've used dselect, deity, and aptitude, and they're okay but I like to feel a bit more in control of what is happening. So I wrote a script (which I call wajig and make available at http://edm.act.cmis.csiro.au/debian/wajig) that keeps track of changes since I last did an update (the script simply captures some of the tricks for managing packages I've observed over the years). I regularly do something like: # wajig update (just apt-get update) [...] # wajig new Package Available ===- 3dwm-geoclient 0.2.4-2 3dwm-server 0.2.4-2 3dwm-texclient 0.2.4-2 3dwm-vncclient 0.2.4-2 abbrowser 4:2.1.1-4 gphoto2 2.0beta1-4 gphoto2-dev 2.0beta1-4 jython 2.1-alpha1-1 jython-doc 2.1-alpha1-1 [...] # wajig whatis jython jython-doc 2.1-alpha1-1 (269.3k) Jython documentation including API docs jython 2.1-alpha1-1 (751.8k) Python seamlessly integrated with Java # wajig install jython [...] # wajig newupgrades Package Available Installed ===-===- adduser 3.393.33 auctex 10.0g-3 10.0d-1 base-files 2.2.10 2.2.4 bonobo 1.0.7-1 0.37-5 cdrecord4:1.10-13:1.9-1 debconf 0.9.77 0.9.31 emacs20 20.7-9 20.7-3 eperl 2.2.14-32.2.14-0.6 [...] Regards, Graham
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 08:04:55PM +0200, Martin Bretschneider wrote: moin moin Joost! On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 01:33:02 +0200 you were able to write: [...] deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-1 (20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free So what shall I do? Comment out the ftp uri, it is polluting the available list with much newer versions than what is on the cd's. Then run dselect update. But if I wanna update some packages from ftp what should I do? Delete the #? If you want to update from ftp, uncomment all but the ftp uris. If you do not want to update all packages, put the ones that you do not want to upgrade on hold. If you want to track only a few packages, put everything on hold first and then unhold the few. This is best done by selecting the sections headers of groups of packages and setting the whole group on hold with 'H'. Simply acknowledge any suggestions by dselect to set other packages also on hold. When you've put all installed packages on hold, quit dselect and update /etc/apt/sources.list. Go back to dselect and and run update. Then go back to select and unhold the packages you want to upgrade with 'G'. Possibly dselect will detect some unresolved dependencies, in that case unhold the packages that are must also be upgraded because of some depends or conflicts. Then run install from the menu. Or, without using the dselect menu: dselect select # set all packages on hold edit /etc/apt/sources.list# remove cd, put in ftp dselect update # update new available packages list dselect select # unhold packages you want upgraded dselect install # upgrade selected packages Be careful that you set packages on hold before updating the available packages list. In the new list, dependencies may have changed or been added. If all packages are already on hold, you should not have to deal with these changes. If you do this the wrong order, it will be very confusing, because dselect will first try to update the selections to accomodate for any new depends or conflicts of all selected packages. Moreover, when you then try to set all packages on hold, dselect will be hopelessly confused, as will you, soon enough. Unless you completely understand what is going on and are able to oversee multiple dependency structures on dozens of packages, the only way out is pressing 'X' repeatedly and updating the available packages list to the cdrom versions before entering dselect select again. Cheers, Joost
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
moin moin Joost!
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 01:33:02 +0200 you were able to write:
[...]
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-1
(20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
non-US/non-free non-free
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
So what shall I do?
Comment out the ftp uri, it is polluting the available list with much
newer versions than what is on the cd's. Then run dselect update.
But if I wanna update some packages from ftp what should I do?
Delete the #?
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Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
Am 09. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Martin Bretschneider so: Grüßle Martin, Ok, and what should I do if I wanna install from an ftp-server? Put the entry again there? It's very uncofortable, isn't it? Yes, it's a pain. That's why I came up with those other configs for apt. The reason you're seeing this is probably because the debs on the ftp server are more recent. If you can just take those put the ftp entries back into /etc/apt/sources.list update and install as normal and ignore the rest of this email :). Alternative ( and cooler, but I haven't tried it ), use /etc/apt/preferences. It doesn't exist;) Look for my previous posts ( last few weeks ) and at man apt_preferences. I don't know what to put to use the CDs, but look at the man page for apt_preferences and I'd think Origin is what needs to be used. But it seems very complicated:( It's not too complicated once you've figured it out :). I downloaded it but I don't relize what it does:( You should add doku. I was gonna, but since preferences support was added it should become unnecessary. I still need to figure out how to do a few things, though. Hm, I don't have apt-cd only apt-cdrom: Either copy apt-test and apt-cache-test to apt-cd and apt-cache-cd and make the appropriate file in /etc/apt/ or just change one of the sources files in the tarball and use it. Those 'scripts' are just apt-get and apt-cache with some alternative configuration info. The do, however, work quite well. I used them for more than a year before finding out about /etc/apt/preferences. How do you all update from diferent sources? I don't know 'cause I'm a debain-newbie;) In that case, here's some info on using my tarball: tar tfz tarball.tgz will show you the contents of the tarball, tarball.tgz. tar xfz tarball.tgz will unpack it. I presume you got that since you've looked at it. Unpacking my tarball from / places the scripts in /usr/local/sbin/ and some config stuff in /etc/apt. It also makes a few control dirs under /var/. The contents will show you everything. To make it easier, I suggest copying /etc/apt/unstable.list to /etc/apt/unstable.list.orig and then create a new /etc/apt/unstable.list that has the ftp entries. Then comment out the config lines for ftp in /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the CD entries. apt-get and apt-cache will then work on the packages from the CDs. apt-uns and apt-cache-uns will work on the packages from the ftp site. Under your current circumstances, this is probably the easiest way to go ( aside from comment/uncommenting the ftp entries in sources.list depending on whether or not you want packages from the net ). As you learn and everything makes more sense, you'll figure out how to do it better. ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # It's up to the reader to make the book interesting. # An author has only the opportunity to make it uninteresting. - der.hans
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
moin moin der.hans!
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 12:26:25 -0700 (MST) you were able to write:
Am 08. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Martin Bretschneider so:
I've got four Sid-images (from may) and wanted to update some
proggies. But there weren't any updates for gpgme (lobgpgme0) that
doesn't installed a config-file that is needed to compile my mua with
gpg-support.
Nevertheless, now I wanted to install some packages from the cds, but
dselect wants to install them from the ftp-server I put in
/etc/apt/sources.list:
Not sure how this will affect dselect, but comment out the ftp sites
and do an apt-get update. That will remove the entries for the ftp
sites, so the CDs should be used.
Ok, and what should I do if I wanna install from an ftp-server? Put the
entry again there? It's very uncofortable, isn't it?
Alternative ( and cooler, but I haven't tried it ), use
/etc/apt/preferences.
It doesn't exist;)
If you're using apt out of woody or later,
I've sid.
then you can use /etc/apt/preferences.
Hm;(
I don't know what to put to use
the CDs, but look at the man page for apt_preferences and I'd think
Origin is what needs to be used.
But it seems very complicated:(
For a further alternative if preferences doesn't work out well and this
is something you run into a lot look at:
http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/unix/
You want the security, testing and unstable updater for debian. It's
easy enough to tweak one of those to become apt-cd.
I downloaded it but I don't relize what it does:( You should add doku.
Again, not certain how this would work with dselect, but once you've
updated appropriately you could use apt-get install packagename or
apt-cd install packagename.
Hm, I don't have apt-cd only apt-cdrom:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ locate apt-cd
/usr/bin/apt-cdrom
/usr/share/man/man8/apt-cdrom.8.gz
man apt-cdrom says:
DESCRIPTION
apt-cdrom is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of
available sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the
structure of the disc as well as correcting for several
possible mis-burns and verifying the index files.
It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT
system, it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk
in a multi-cd set must be inserted and scanned separately
to account for possible mis-burns.
Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the com
mands below must be present.
So I cannot install via apt-cdrom.
How do you all update from diferent sources? I don't know 'cause I'm a
debain-newbie;)
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Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 07:48:46PM +0200, Martin Bretschneider wrote: Hi folks, I've got four Sid-images (from may) and wanted to update some proggies. But there weren't any updates for gpgme (lobgpgme0) that doesn't installed a config-file that is needed to compile my mua with gpg-support. Nevertheless, now I wanted to install some packages from the cds, but dselect wants to install them from the ftp-server I put in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-6 (20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-3 (20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-2 (20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-1 (20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main non-US/non-free non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free So what shall I do? Comment out the ftp uri, it is polluting the available list with much newer versions than what is on the cd's. Then run dselect update. If that does not fix it still, run dpkg --clear-avail and update again. I think it should work right away, though. Cheers, Joost
apt-get/dselect-problem
Hi folks,
I've got four Sid-images (from may) and wanted to update some proggies.
But there weren't any updates for gpgme (lobgpgme0) that doesn't installed
a config-file that is needed to compile my mua with gpg-support.
Nevertheless, now I wanted to install some packages from the cds, but
dselect wants to install them from the ftp-server I put in
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-6
(20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
non-US/non-free non-free
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-3
(20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
non-US/non-free non-free
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-2
(20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
non-US/non-free non-free
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.4 _Sid_ - fsn.hu's i386 Binary-1
(20010525)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
non-US/non-free non-free
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
So what shall I do?
--
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(o_ When in doubt tell the truth. Mark Twain (o|
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V_/_ //\c{} _O) Key-ID: 4EA52583 Regards, Martin (*_ //\ V_/,
Re: apt-get/dselect-problem
Am 08. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Martin Bretschneider so: I've got four Sid-images (from may) and wanted to update some proggies. But there weren't any updates for gpgme (lobgpgme0) that doesn't installed a config-file that is needed to compile my mua with gpg-support. Nevertheless, now I wanted to install some packages from the cds, but dselect wants to install them from the ftp-server I put in /etc/apt/sources.list: Not sure how this will affect dselect, but comment out the ftp sites and do an apt-get update. That will remove the entries for the ftp sites, so the CDs should be used. Alternative ( and cooler, but I haven't tried it ), use /etc/apt/preferences. If you're using apt out of woody or later, then you can use /etc/apt/preferences. I don't know what to put to use the CDs, but look at the man page for apt_preferences and I'd think Origin is what needs to be used. For a further alternative if preferences doesn't work out well and this is something you run into a lot look at: http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/unix/ You want the security, testing and unstable updater for debian. It's easy enough to tweak one of those to become apt-cd. Again, not certain how this would work with dselect, but once you've updated appropriately you could use apt-get install packagename or apt-cd install packagename. ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # When I work, I work hard. When I play, I play hard. # When I sit, I sleep. - Embe Kugler
dselect problem
Hello, When I run dselect and select update, apt runs through my sources.list updating its Contents, and then I get the following error: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/cache/apt/available' near line 7311 package `blt': `Replaces' field, reference to `blt-dev': error in version: version string has embedded spaces In the past, I have seen a similar error when doing apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade. I solved it by editing /var/cache/apt/available and deleting the embedded spaces. These embedded spaces aren't really embedded spaces; they are spaces between the end of the version string and the closing paren. However, when using dselect, this file seems to be regenerated with the offending spaces. Is this, perhaps, a bug in dpkg? Has anyone seen this problem? dpkg version = 1.9.8 perl version = 5.6.1 Debian version = unstable Thanks, Anthony
Re: dselect problem
As a followup to my last email, I believe the problem is in the way the version number of the package blt-dev is written in the depends of many other packages. In /var/cache/apt/available, the Depends: lines that contain blt-dev always list the version number as 2.4[ij]-1 . dpkg is barfing on the trailing space. I traced the problem to a while loop in parsehelp.c in the parseversion() method of the dpkg source. the loop quits on the first space, and then checks the pointer to see if it is valid. if it is, it assumes that it is a character in which case the space it quit on is an embedded space. however, in this case, it is not an embedded space, rather a trailing space. i don't know whether this is a bug in dpkg or whether version numbers are supposed to not have trailing spaces. regardless, bugs.debian.org is down. Any suggestions? Thanks, Anthony
apt-get/dselect problem
I am using unstable, and someone told me to run a dist-upgrade because of some problems i had. I did a apt-get update and then upgrade first, but there were some unmet dependencies and apt told me to run apt-get -f install. but if I do this I get a very weird error message, never saw that before, and it seems that I can't correct it... Maybe someone can help me, and please its important that you CC MESSAGE me a reply, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks very much storm:/home/solars# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libtiff3g tk8.3 The following packages will be REMOVED: adduser at autoconf automake blt-dev dlint dpkg-dev dpkg-ftp dpkg-perl g++ kernel-package libc6-dev libcupsys2 libdb2 libdb2-util libdb3 libldap2 libltdl0-dev libncurses4-dev libnet-perl libnet-telnet-perl libnss-db libpam-modules libsasl-modules libsasl7 libstdc++2.10-dev libterm-slang-perl libterm-stool-perl libtool login logrotate mailx man-db mutt nmh passwd perl perl-5.005 pidentd ppp pppconfig proftpd samba-common sendmail shellutils smbclient smbfs ssh task-c++-dev task-c-dev task-devel-common task-tcltk-dev tcl8.2-dev tcl8.3-dev telnetd tk8.2-dev tktable-dev xlib6g-dev xlibs-dev xmh The following NEW packages will be installed: libtiff3g tk8.3 The following held packages will be changed: libdb3 libpam-modules WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! libnss-db libdb2 (due to libnss-db) libdb2-util (due to libnss-db) login libpam-modules (due to login) shellutils 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 60 to remove and 81 not upgraded. 5 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/800kB of archives. After unpacking 69.0MB will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' --
dpkg/apt/dselect problem
Hej. Nyligen gick X version 4 in i testing. Då den skulle installera xbase-clients gick det inte. Den klagade om brutet rör, eller något. Nu har jag installerat det paketet för hand, genom att helt enkelt packa upp paketets filer, och lägga dem på plats. Nu undrar jag hur jag ska få systemet att förstå att den nya versionen är installerad. Systemet fungerar nu, men dpkg/apt/dselect tror fortfarande att den gamla versionen är där, vilket leder till att jag får installera med --force-depends. Hur får jag dpkg/apt/dselect att förstå att den nya versionen av paketet är installerat? MVH Christian von Schultz
Re: dselect problem
Javier Sieben [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a problem with dselect (or was the dependencies involved). I would use the libesd0-alsa that provides libesd0 and conflicts with libesd0. That's Ok. I deselect libesd0 and select for install the alsa part. And then dselect follow the dependencies and displays that gtop and others packages from Gnome was for removal. When I reselect these packages, dselect deselects the libesd0-alsa. How can use these library? I have a SondBlaster Live! and can't use it. I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Just try a search in the mailing list archive at http://www.debian.org. The problem seems to be that libesd-alsa0 provides only libesd0 and some packages (like xtux) depend on a specific version of libesd0. As libesd-alsa0 doesn't provide a specific version number, dpkg tries to replace it with the real libesd0. My solution to the problem was to simply do nothing. I too use ALSA and libesd0 works fine for me. hope this helps, Christoph
dselect problem
Hello: I have a problem with dselect (or was the dependencies involved). I would use the libesd0-alsa that provides libesd0 and conflicts with libesd0. That's Ok. I deselect libesd0 and select for install the alsa part. And then dselect follow the dependencies and displays that gtop and others packages from Gnome was for removal. When I reselect these packages, dselect deselects the libesd0-alsa. How can use these library? I have a SondBlaster Live! and can't use it. thnx Javier
Re: dselect problem with potato [RESOLVED]
The problem turned out, rather unexpectedly, to be that xscreensaver recommends the virtual package perl. Since both perl-5.004 and perl-5.005 conflict with perl (providing perl5 instead), dselect silently selected them for removal... which chained down to everything which had a direct or indirect dependency upon either. Ouch!!! Now that I've removed xscreensaver, everything's back to normal.
Re: dselect problem with potato
Please read this earlier thread (on this list): BEFORE YOU UPGRADE TO POTATO LOOK AT... I hope this answers your questions. -ptw-
Re: dselect problem with potato
On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 01:07:02AM -0500, paul wrote: Please read this earlier thread (on this list): BEFORE YOU UPGRADE TO POTATO LOOK AT... I hope this answers your questions. Thanx for the pointer!
dselect problem with potato
For some reason dselect wants to remove an awful lot of packages from my potato system: at, cron, debconf, exim, mailx, apparently all of gnome, and a bunch of others. When I run apt-get it seems perfectly happy with everything that's installed, and nothing seems to be flagged for removal in dselect... until I press Enter and get sent to the conflict resolution screen. I've been looking through the downloaded Packages file, trying to trace all the way through the various dependencies, but I can't seem to find any unsatisfied conditions which could be the cause. As an example, this is dselect's complaint about at: at depends on mail-transport-agent or mailx In my case mail-transport-agent is provided by exim, and mailx is installed as well, so that requirement would be satisfied if dselect wasn't determined to remove them both. Manually verifying the direct and indirect dependencies for exim (run pkg-revdeps exim for the full tree) doesn't turn up any unsatisfied conditions, however. Here's what /etc/apt/sources.list looks like (edited for readability): deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US potato non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free Any suggestions about what to look at next? The system in question was upgraded to potato roughly three months ago, and it gets updated on a (more or less) nightly basis. Thanx!
dselect problem - unable to mount cdrom
I've just tried to load some packages using apt from a file entry (file: /cdrom etc.)and got the following error message: mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt busy Unable to mount /dev/cdrom Dselect exits without installing packages. Using the umount command as root brings the message, 'not mounted' . I tried using fuser -muv /cdrom in desperation and it brings up a whole list. Is there any way to *unmount* the cd-rom (and so re-start dselect) other than re-booting? I had this problem once before, and re-booting fixed it, but was wondering what's happened and what I did wrong.
dselect problem
I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this with dselect by changing remove to install. Is there a text file somewhere that I can use to keep dpkg from carrying out these outlandish actions? Information about 4051 package(s) was updated. Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libmd5-perl gnome-bin w3mir perl libgnome32 gedit libcgi-perl eperl libgnorbagtk0 popt ttysnoop g++ orbit python-mpz perl-5.004-doc libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1-dbg libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1-dev perl-suid libgnomeui32 signify ssh libmime-perl perlmenu gnome-core libgnomesupport0 ssh-askpass libzvt2 alias libpanel-applet0 www-search libgnorba27 I only want to remove the Gnome packages, since I don't need them and only have a 4GB drive. I definitely did not ask to remove g++ thanks -- Andrew
Re: dselect problem
Pollywog wrote: I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this with dselect by changing remove to install. After selecting what to remove, does a dependancy screen come up in dselect? That might be what you are describing above, but can't tell for sure. You can circumvent the dependancy screen by typing Q (capitol Q) at the main screen after selecting which packages you want removed. This will tell deselect to bypass the dependancy screen. -- Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where do all the bits go when the computer is done with them?
Re: dselect problem
On 16-Aug-99 Paul Miller wrote: Pollywog wrote: I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this with dselect by changing remove to install. After selecting what to remove, does a dependancy screen come up in dselect? That might be what you are describing above, but can't tell for sure. You can circumvent the dependancy screen by typing Q (capitol Q) at the main screen after selecting which packages you want removed. This will tell deselect to bypass the dependancy screen. I figured out what was going on. dselect was about to upgrade PERL and some other packages, and that is why it was going to remove packages I did not want removed. I had never seen this before, so I did not know. thanks -- Andrew
DSELECT Problem
When i am about to install Debian. I have 8 GB, so i choose to install the whole package. When i start, i´m asked to insert DISC 2.It installs And it asks me to insert DISC 1. When i insert it, it says: I need Debian 1/4, but i´ve found What do i do?
Re: DSELECT Problem
Christian Kruse wrote: When i am about to install Debian. I have 8 GB, so i choose to install the whole package. When i start, i´m asked to insert DISC 2.It installs And it asks me to insert DISC 1. When i insert it, it says: I need Debian 1/4, but i´ve found What do i do? I assume that you're trying to load Debian 2.1 from a two or four disk set, and that you have used the 'binary 1' disk to set up your partitions. Now after selecting to load everything (Wow! that's a lot - some packages will conflict) you have inserted 'binary disk 2 to read the packages and the load begins. The program will then ask you to change disks periodically with a message that (if I remember correctly) sounds like the one you are getting. If so, simply change the disks as directed until everything is loaded. If it still doesn't work, ask this list again and include a little more information on the problem. Good Luck John -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Powered by the Penguin
Re: dselect problem with Packages.cd
Are you sure they exist on the CD? -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the POTATO (http://www.debian.org)!
dselect problem with Packages.cd
I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 from a LinuxCentral official Debian CD distribution. When the installation starts dselect, it indicates it cannot find the 'Packages.cd' file for non-free, non-US, and local. I have specified the following: Non-free: /dists/slink/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.cd Non-US: /dists/slink/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.cd Local: /dists/slink/main/binary-i386/Packages.cd Am I specifying this correctly? Thank you in advance for the help.
Re: dselect problem with Packages.cd
On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:27:59PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 from a LinuxCentral official Debian CD distribution. When the installation starts dselect, it indicates it cannot find the 'Packages.cd' file for non-free, non-US, and local. I have specified the following: Non-free: /dists/slink/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.cd Non-US: /dists/slink/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.cd Local: /dists/slink/main/binary-i386/Packages.cd Am I specifying this correctly? Thank you in advance for the help. ---end quoted text--- Non-free, non-US, and local packages are not included on official CDs. Non-free and non-US because of licensing and export laws, respectively. Local is your personal archives. Steve Gore [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Erik Sandblom wrote: If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Hi, I chuckled when I read this, as it's exactly what I did. I gave up at that point and used the apt access method, as my PC has a network card and Internet acess was working after the base install. I very successfully downloaded everything from the default site. However, I would very much like to know how the multi-CD install is supposed to work. There's not much documentation as yet on dselect. Regards, Barry Kauler
Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
You wrote this: I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? In dselect, just select option one (Access) and choose multi-cd if it's not already chosen. Then choose option number 2 (Update) to update all the package information. All the appropriate stuff on CD 2 will now be visible in the main 'Select' screen. There's nothing stopping you installing from CD 1 and then using CD 2 after you've installed it - you just need to choose Update and everything's available. Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available You either haven't installed the multi-cd package (it's installed by default on my Cheabyte set), or you haven't chosen multi-cd in the first (Access) option in dselect. -- Kris ICQ 10537480 [EMAIL PROTECTED] checked weekly(ish) Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for quicker response (+.co.uk)
dselect problem - can't install stuff
Hello, I'm new to the list =) I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available The file is not there, but the directory is (I checked). Many thanks for any help. Erik Sandblom http://www.artech.se/~sandblom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artech.se/~sandblom Homer Simpson on the Meaning of Life: It's all just a bunch of stuff that happens.
dselect problem
today I try to see if there's someting to install but running dselect with apt I found this in the select zone of dselect: I don't understand why this packages are in Obsolete. In fact I find the downloaded Packages list is empty. Waht have I to do ? my source_list : deb ftp://ftp.jussieu.fr/pub2/linux/distributions/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free deb http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/debian potato rkrusty some over info : = :/root # cat /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.jussieu.fr_pub2_linux_distributions_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Relea se Archive: unstable Component: main Version: 2.2 Origin: Debian Label: Debian Architecture: i386 = /root # ls -l /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.jussieu.fr_pub2_linux_distributions_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 May 15 14:27 /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.jussieu.fr_pub2_linux_distributions_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages = - All packages - --- Obsolete and local packages present on system --- - Obsolete/local Required packages - --- Obsolete/local Required packages in section base --- *** Req base adduser 3.8 none *** Req base ae 962-23 none *** Req base base-files 2.1.6 none *** Req base base-passwd 2.0.3.3 none *** Req base bash 2.02.1-1.4 none *** Req base bsdutils 2.9i-1 none *** Req base debianutils 1.11none *** Req base diff 2.7-18 none *** Req base dpkg 1.4.1.1 none *** Req base e2fsprogs1.14-2 none *** Req base fileutils4.0-1.1 none *** Req base findutils4.1-34 none *** Req base grep 2.3-2 none *** Req base gzip 1.2.4-29none *** Req base hostname 2.04none *** Req base kbd 0.97-1 none *** Req base kbd-data 0.97-1 none *** Req base ldso 1.9.11-2none
dselect problem
Dear Sir I have just installed debian 2.0.36 slink on hda5. I have make a connection with my 'ISP. When I use dselect and fillin in apt acquistion ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian he still says ftp_connect : Could not connect. What could be wrong. Any help would be appriciated Mans Joling
Re: dselect problem
[Please disable the HTML. This is mail, not the web] On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 17:04:33 +0100, Mans Joling wrote: When I use dselect and fillin in apt acquistion [1]ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian he still says ftp_connect : Could not connect. Can you ping ftp.de.debian.org? Can you connect via ftp manually? Does using a /etc/apt/sources.list like this work? deb http://sunsite.org.uk/pub/unix/Linux/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://nonUS.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
dselect problem/compiling kernel
Hi, I'm attempting my first kernel compiling and was reading in the Debian User's Guide that an easy way to do this is to install, kernel-source and kernel-package. I have also heard there is an X configuration tool for this also. Anyway I tried installing the kernel packages with dselect. I have used dselect to install programs off the official cd before. This time I selected my packages with + I hit enter to accept the default dependent packages it selected. Then enter again and then install. The problem is, shortly after selecting install I'm told that the installation is OK hit return to continue. Usually there is a ton of info that scrolls by before I get installation is OK..., that is not happening. Dselect says the programs have not been installed under select. Anyone know what is going on here. I tried a reboot to clear dselect but that didn't help. I have gone through these steps twice. Thanks, Kent
Re: dselect problem/compiling kernel
David Stern wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:44:24 CST, KTB wrote: Hi, I'm attempting my first kernel compiling and was reading in the Debian User's Guide that an easy way to do this is to install, kernel-source and kernel-package. I have also heard there is an X configuration tool for this also. Anyway I tried installing the kernel packages with dselect. I have used dselect to install programs off the official cd before. This time I selected my packages with + I hit enter to accept the default dependent packages it selected. Then enter again and then install. The problem is, shortly after selecting install I'm told that the installation is OK hit return to continue. Usually there is a ton of info that scrolls by before I get installation is OK..., that is not happening. Dselect says the programs have not been installed under select. Anyone know what is going on here. I tried a reboot to clear dselect but that didn't help. I have gone through these steps twice. It sounds like the most recent available version of packages are installed. Some questions to consider: o Did you successfully configure the method using the [A]ccess menu item? I haven't changed the access. When I selected install the cdrom takes off just as it has before. o Did you successfully [U]pdate the available packages using the menu? No, if I'm reading you correctly that is what I'm trying to do. Usually when I want something off the cd I go into dselect, do a search for whatever I'm looking for, in this case kernel-packages, deselect displays the line where the package is, I hit shift + and then select install and config This time it didn't work. o What do the ton of messages that scroll by say? (when you quit dselect, hold the shift key and press the page-up key to scroll backwards) There were no messages scrolling by when I tried to install the packages in question. In the past I had a lot of messages scrolling by when I installed other packages. This was my first clue that the installation didn't happen. o Are the packages already installed? (dpkg -l kernel-package, look for i i ) I tried this and the packages I'm trying to install are not installed. o Are you logged in as root? Yes I was. By default I can't do anything in dselect except view packages if I'm not in root. Thanks, Kent
Re: dselect problem/compiling kernel
Thanks I have the packages installed:) I had forgotten a while back I was trying to figure out how to get kde off the extras cd and I was messing around with the access menu then and must have screwed it up so that I couldn't access the binary cd. Thanks, Kent David Stern wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:54:32 CST, KTB wrote: David Stern wrote: It sounds like the most recent available version of packages are installed. Some questions to consider: o Did you successfully configure the method using the [A]ccess menu item? I haven't changed the access. When I selected install the cdrom takes off just as it has before. Generally, the cdrom access method is straightforward, but make sure your cdrom is specified as a particular block device, and not as a symlink (/dev/cdrom can be a symlink to /dev/hdaX) o Did you successfully [U]pdate the available packages using the menu? No, if I'm reading you correctly that is what I'm trying to do. Usually when I want something off the cd I go into dselect, do a search for whatever I'm looking for, in this case kernel-packages, deselect displays the line where the package is, I hit shift + and then select install and config This time it didn't work. Unless your available packages have changed (unlikely on a cdrom), you don't ordinarily need to update the list. However, it is somewhat common for available package lists to become corrupt every once in a while, and the solution is to blow em away and start over. dpkg --clear-avail o What do the ton of messages that scroll by say? (when you quit dselect, hold the shift key and press the page-up key to scroll backwards) There were no messages scrolling by when I tried to install the packages in question. In the past I had a lot of messages scrolling by when I installed other packages. This was my first clue that the installation didn't happen. Maybe this was one of those dependency related issues, where certain packages have to be installed before others can be installed. Sometimes it helps to run though install a couple times, and configure at least once. If none of this helps, then more specific wording of messages during the attempted install phase would be helpful. Act like you're going to install, and after it does whatever it's doing, quit, then cut and paste the messages into a mail. -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dselect-problem (new user)
If you have an IDE CDROM, watch out for BIOS messages during boot time and see if the CD is installed as Primary/Secondary Master/Slave. These are the device names to use: Primary Master: /dev/hda (Very unlikey; it should be your Hard disk) Primary Slave: /dev/hdb Secondary Master: /dev/hdc Secondary Slave: /dev/hdd If you have SCSI, I have no clue. Hope this helps, Bye, nram [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-+ |Linux Now | Ramesh Natarajan | |http://www.kernel.org | http://nram.virtualAve.net | +-+ In a world without fences, who needs Gates? ___ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. (The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.) -- Mark Twain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ringkjøbing Amt - e-post I'm a new debian-user (or ties to be...) I've got a debian CD and install it on my disk. Running Dselect as a part of it I have to pick a access method I mark the CD-ROM - method dselect ask me then, what the device block name is. What the # shall I write here? Nothing seems to work. The desperate user... Henning -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Dselect-problem (new user)
Ringkjøbing Amt - e-post I'm a new debian-user (or ties to be...) I've got a debian CD and install it on my disk. Running Dselect as a part of it I have to pick a access method I mark the CD-ROM - method dselect ask me then, what the device block name is. What the # shall I write here? Nothing seems to work. The desperate user... Henning
Re: Dselect-problem (new user)
I've got a debian CD and install it on my disk. Running Dselect as a part of it I have to pick a access method I mark the CD-ROM - method dselect ask me then, what the device block name is. What the # shall I write here? Nothing seems to work. Hmm /dev/hdc is probably a good guess, or better: hit alt-F2 to get to another console. Hit dmesg, and see what device name it gives to you CD HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
dselect problem on install
Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat
Re: dselect problem on install
On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Patrick Colbeck wrote: Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat I vaguely remember having this problem. I think my solution was to give up on the CD and install from FTP. Sorry this isn't any help, but I did want you to know that you're not the only one to have experienced this. Actually, as I remember, it seems that the display output started getting flakey also, not putting line breaks where they belonged, etc. I think I had to switch to a different vterm and kill that entire login process in order to regain control of that vterm. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
Re: dselect problem on install
When I installed from Cheep Bites I couldn't create the XF86Config file, although the setup carried on. The only slight problem I have had since is I can't run XF86Setup. (What a shame, as I would run xf86config anyway) (It mucks up my screen putting everything in This Sort Of Format Here.) I think there is something wrong with the cheep bytes cd, as this is the third instance of this I have seen on this news group. The only difference with the install that I could think of that could cause your problem apart from an obscure hardware thing I can think of is that I chose the 'Custom Setup' and al so used dselect to remove all the packages I didn't need. If this doesn't help, I have no idea what is wrong. Peter Allen Patrick Colbeck wrote: Reply-To: Hi Has anyone seen this problem with Debian 2.0 (from Cheapbytes) before ? It does the initial install fine and the reboots and asks you what type of install you want eg Scientific workstation etc and then runs deselect. When it gets to installing the packages all goes fine until it starts to ask about creating the XF86Confing file. At this point if I answer YES or No it no longer responds to any keyboard input. I can switch to another vty and kill -s 9 the current post install process and then when I switch back to the original vty it has moved on to the next package and proceded OK until it needs some user input but the keyboard is still locked out. Any ideas ? Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: dselect problem on install
Allens wrote: When I installed from Cheep Bites I couldn't create the XF86Config file, although the setup carried on. The only slight problem I have had since is I can't run XF86Setup. (What a shame, as I would run xf86config anyway) (It mucks up my screen putting everything in This Sort Of Format Here.) I think there is something wrong with the cheep bytes cd, as this is the third instance of this I have seen on this news group. The only difference with the install that I could think of that could cause your problem apart from an obscure hardware thing I can think of is that I chose the 'Custom Setup' and al so used dselect to remove all the packages I didn't need. If this doesn't help, I have no idea what is wrong. My installation did the same thing with the CheapBytes CD. I did several installs with it. One solution was to just install the base system during the install phase and then use dselect to add the packages I needed. (was time consuming) Another solution was to change to a VT and kill the hanging process each time it hung just to get thru the install (also time consuming). So, what is the lesson we have learned? AVOID THE CHEAPBYTES HAMM CDs. -Mitch
dselect problem (method locked)
I was installing a bunch of packages while telnetting into a machine. The Telnet session died while the install was running and now I can't change the access method, Install or update the database. How do I remove the lock? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect problem (method locked)
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 11:21:06PM -0400, R. Chris Ross wrote:
I was installing a bunch of packages while telnetting into a
machine. The Telnet session died while the install was running and now I
can't change the access method, Install or update the database. How do I
remove the lock?
rm /var/lib/dpkg/{methlock,lock}
HTH,
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Dselect problem after upgrading....
I upgraded from the bo to the hamm versions. I've encountered two problems that I don't know how to fix. One is that dselect via ftp stopped working. As explained in the HOW-TO, I've installed the required dpkg upgrades in the order listed. And I then used the 'ftp' method to upgrade many of the packages with later versions. But, when I finished installing the newer packages, dselect broke, at least by the 'ftp' method. I maunually re-installed the up-to-date dpkg-ftp method, and here's the message I get: Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl 5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local /lib/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm line 106. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 453. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/setup line 7. query/setup script returned error exit status 2. I also get a strange message when I connect by either a remote telnet connection or a console. The message is: configuration error - unknown item 'ISSUE_FILE_ENAB' (notify administrator) Any idea about where to look for the problem? Things seem to work, but I'd like to make the message go away. Any help is appreciated. JEB -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Dselect problem after upgrading....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: : /usr/lib/perl 5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 : /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local /lib/site_perl .) at : /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted : at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm line 106. BEGIN failed--compilation : aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 453. BEGIN : failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/setup line : 7. I had the same problem yesterday when I upgraded from Bo to Hamm. I think the problem is due to perl or perl-base not correctly installed. I solved my problem by doing dpkg -i perl-xx.xx-x.deb. E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9431645 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Dselect problem after upgrading....
On Thu, 25 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded from the bo to the hamm versions. I've encountered two problems that I don't know how to fix. One is that dselect via ftp stopped working. As explained in the HOW-TO, I've installed the required dpkg upgrades in the order listed. And I then used the 'ftp' method to upgrade many of the packages with later versions. But, when I finished installing the newer packages, dselect broke, at least by the 'ftp' method. I maunually re-installed the up-to-date dpkg-ftp method, and here's the message I get: Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl 5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local /lib/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm line 106. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 453. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/setup line 7. Not understood, but I would have a good look at your perl setup. Did your libgdbm and libgdbmg upgrades go ok? I also get a strange message when I connect by either a remote telnet connection or a console. The message is: configuration error - unknown item 'ISSUE_FILE_ENAB' (notify administrator) The handling of /etc/issue was changed some time back. Edit /etc/login.defs as follows:- # If set, the file will be output before each login prompt #ISSUE_FILE_ENABno ISSUE_FILE /etc/issue HTH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 248632.0125S 115.8445Evk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Dselect problem after upgrading....
Thanks. Your advice was right on target. JEB I also get a strange message when I connect by either a remote telnet connection or a console. The message is: configuration error - unknown item 'ISSUE_FILE_ENAB' (notify administrator) The handling of /etc/issue was changed some time back. Edit /etc/login.defs as follows:- # If set, the file will be output before each login prompt #ISSUE_FILE_ENABno ISSUE_FILE /etc/issue HTH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 248632.0125S 115.8445Evk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect problem...
On 26 Oct 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: David Puryear [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main, non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this messages: Processing status file... Processing Package files... Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/main distribution (re-run Update) ... If I recall properly, I had this problem at one point and solved by upgrading to a newer dpkg-ftp. Try downloading the newest version from hamm with a regular ftp program and installing with `dpkg -i'. Then re-run Update and Install and see if that fixes the problem. Ups, this seems a very brute-force fix. What happens if you clear the list of available packages? or run dpkg --forget-old-unavail and rerun update? or you can try to [not] keep debian directory [y/n] at the end of the Install dialog. Dselect is quite self-reparatory, so fiddling around for a while with it already solved such problems for me. I think forcing someone to use unstable packages when having such kind of problems is not the best way. a lot of people are using stable without these problems. Are you sure you don't need extra packages when using dpkg-ftp from hamm? Gruss -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch telnet://soil.fear.ch: talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect problem...
David Puryear wrote: Hi all, With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main, non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this messages: Processing status file... Processing Package files... Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/main distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/contrib distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/non-free distribution (re-run Update) Constructing list of files to get... Approximate total space required: 0k Available space in /debian: 109334k Nothing to get. I don't know why dselect is not see he packages file, which is in /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/* with names Packages.dists_unstable_contrib, Packages.dists_unstable_main, and Packages.dsts_unstble_non-free. I can't figure out why this is happening since I have used same steps to update in another machine without this problem. I got this problem as well when I upgrade from Debian 1.2 to 1.3. I overcame it by turning off the passive FTP tranfer mode when selecting the access method. Hope it works for you as well. ST -- +---+ | LUK ShunTim | | | | Civil and Structural Engineering Department | | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | | Kowloon | | Hong Kong| | | | http://www.cse.polyu.edu.hk/~stluk/ | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | phone: (852) 27666064| | fax: (852) 23346389| +---+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect problem...
On 27-Oct-97 Lukas Eppler wrote: On 26 Oct 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: If I recall properly, I had this problem at one point and solved by upgrading to a newer dpkg-ftp. Try downloading the newest version from hamm with a regular ftp program and installing with `dpkg -i'. Then re-run Update and Install and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks Ben, getting dpkg-ftp from hamm worked for me. Ups, this seems a very brute-force fix. What happens if you clear the list of available packages? or run dpkg --forget-old-unavail and rerun update? or you can try to [not] keep debian directory [y/n] at the end of the Install dialog. Dselect is quite self-reparatory, so fiddling around for a while with it already solved such problems for me. Before posting, I think I tried many combinations of things to make it work. Tried new directory, delete debian directory and Packages files, updated Packages files, and so on, but I didn't try dpkg --forget-old-unavil. Next time I'll try that, thanks. I think forcing someone to use unstable packages when having such kind of problems is not the best way. a lot of people are using stable without these problems. Are you sure you don't need extra packages when using dpkg-ftp from hamm? I should have mentioned that my base setup is mixture of 1.3.1 and hamm, so I don't mind using hamm packages.:) Thanks all for help, David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect problem...
Hi all, With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main, non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this messages: Processing status file... Processing Package files... Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/main distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/contrib distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/non-free distribution (re-run Update) Constructing list of files to get... Approximate total space required: 0k Available space in /debian: 109334k Nothing to get. I don't know why dselect is not see he packages file, which is in /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/* with names Packages.dists_unstable_contrib, Packages.dists_unstable_main, and Packages.dsts_unstble_non-free. I can't figure out why this is happening since I have used same steps to update in another machine without this problem. Any hint as to how to make dselect see those packages files would be appreciated, David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect problem...
David Puryear [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main, non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this messages: Processing status file... Processing Package files... Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/main distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/contrib distribution (re-run Update) Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/non-free distribution (re-run Update) Constructing list of files to get... Approximate total space required: 0k Available space in /debian: 109334k Nothing to get. If I recall properly, I had this problem at one point and solved by upgrading to a newer dpkg-ftp. Try downloading the newest version from hamm with a regular ftp program and installing with `dpkg -i'. Then re-run Update and Install and see if that fixes the problem. -- Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
(Another) dselect problem
When I run dselect I can select an item but I can not de-select it if I change my mind. It just beeps at me. This is before I install it (I am just window shopping so to speak). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect problem
Hello all, I am trying to install a Debian 1.3 system on my friend's computer. However, I encountered a serious problem which I do not know how to solve. There is no problem of installation. I setup ppp correctly and able to dail in to ISP. But when I try to upgrade the system using ftp of dselect, it gives me this error: Net::FTP.Bad peer address at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 405 I just cannot understand this error. Can someone help me on this? Thanks very much!! Anthony -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect problem
On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote: Net::FTP.Bad peer address at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 405 I think thats because ftp.debian.org is down (I am guessing thats who your using). Try a mirror site. :) Smash forehead on keyboard to continue. ,, / ( _(-)- .' ^^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Bitburn Access. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect problem.
Quite a while ago I selected netscape 3.01 to be installed. When I got the netscape tar.gz file, I got the gold package which was not what the .deb file was trying to install it was trying to do the non gold 3.01. Since I had the tar file and didn't feel like getting the other one I installed it manually but neglected to unselect netscape in dselect. I have recently updated my packages file and the new one has netscale 4 in it. dselect is still trying to ftp the netscape 3 installer and I can't find a way to stop it from doing that. It's not really that big a deal since I can just select the packages to ftp and tell it no to netscape but that is a real pain in the tail. Other than this I'v had little problem with dselect. The recursive loop it gets it's self into at times over dependencies is a little anoying but all in all it is a lot better that some of the alternitives and I'd surely hate to have to write the thing my self. It is nice to have people deal with many insuse of install for you in advance. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
nfs dselect problem
I have three debian machines here. One of them has a whole lot of packages I downloaded in a directory. I start up NFS on this machine, run dselect on another. Use the NFS method, I point the main directory to be mounted as the directory containing the packages. I then say the various directories are `none', except for local, which is `/', and to scan it. Update scans all the packages successfully, Select picks which new ones to install, but when I run Install, I get internal error - no filename at -e line 12, P chunk 19. installation script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. This happens on both of the other machines. Any suggestions? hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect problem
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rafael Torres [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working with Debian 1.1 and since last week, when I want to install a .deb packages via ftp, I receive the following message: Processing status file... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 75, STATUS chunk 6898 Please, What can I do to solve this problem??? This is happening to me too on this machine. I'm using the FTP method in dselect to track rex, non-free, and contrib. lines wrapped as needed --- Processing status file... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 75, STATUS chunk 7501 Processing Package files... rex... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 124, PKGFILE chunk 14216 Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 124, PKGFILE chunk 1513 Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 124, PKGFILE chunk 489 Constructing list of files to get... --- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matt Bartley N6YWI GPS: 33 49' N 117 51' W Clipper - Reach out and Tap Someone -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect problem
Excerpts from mail: 9-Nov-96 Re: dselect problem by Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rafael Torres [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working with Debian 1.1 and since last week, when I want to install a .deb packages via ftp, I receive the following message: Processing status file... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 75, STATUS chunk 6898 Please, What can I do to solve this problem??? This is happening to me too on this machine. I'm using the FTP method in dselect to track rex, non-free, and contrib. This happens to me too, I'm getting everything from unstable. I doesn't cause any problems though. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect problem
Hi, I'm working with Debian 1.1 and since last week, when I want to install a .deb packages via ftp, I receive the following message: Processing status file... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 75, STATUS chunk 6898 Please, What can I do to solve this problem??? Thanks Rafa -- Name: Rafael Torres Carot E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
