Re: /var/lib/dpkg/status strangeness

2014-12-29 Thread Simon Bell
>> SMART Error Log Version: 1 >> No Errors Logged >> >> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >> Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) >> LBA_of_first_error >> # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14025 - >> # 2 Extended

Re: /var/lib/dpkg/status strangeness

2014-12-24 Thread Simon Bell
Thanks Bob, I'll update /etc/smartd.conf as you recommended. The output currently looks ok: *** ... === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED ... SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with

Re: dpkg/status corruption question

2014-12-24 Thread Simon Bell
On Tuesday 23 December 2014 15:29:47 Bob Proulx wrote: > Hello Simon, > > Simon Bell wrote: > > My /var/lib/dpkg/status file became corrupt recently, I was getting > > > this when trying to apt-update: > You asked this question before and I posted a reply to it then

Re: wine does nothing

2014-12-23 Thread Simon Bell
On Tuesday 23 December 2014 14:43:13 François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > > I have a garmin GPS; in order to register the product and update the > maps, there is only a windows application GarminExpress. > > I have no windows install, so I installed wine on my debian sid and > tried to run this

dpkg/status corruption question

2014-12-23 Thread Simon Bell
Hi Everyone, My /var/lib/dpkg/status file became corrupt recently, I was getting this when trying to apt-update: dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27803 package 'gcr': field name `°[?@' must be followed by colon E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) I

/var/lib/dpkg/status strangeness

2014-12-22 Thread Simon Bell
Hi Everyone, My /var/lib/dpkg/status file became corrupt recently, I was getting this when trying to apt-update: dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 27803 package 'gcr': field name `°[?@' must be followed by colon E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) I

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-02 Thread Simon Bell
On Saturday 02 Nov 2013 12:46:21 Igor Cicimov wrote: > > May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We > > would like to have at least one working email address by close of business > > tomorrow (Friday, 1 November), or Monday at the latest. > > > > Thanks, > > Craig I r