Thanks for the ideas. I have tried some of them (namely dpkg --
force-depends -i libwrap0) but errors still occured and it stopped.
I'll try some more tomorrow, perhaps. I'm so tired! :) It keeps me
up too late at night. My boss is starting to wonder why I'm so tired
and haven't shaved for several days. Thank goodness I work in
radio. ;)
Thanks, again!
Todd
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On 6 Sep 00, at 17:24, Mircea Luca wrote:
> TODD WITTER wrote:
> >
> > Okay.
> > I used apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade from rain
> > to hail via cdrom. What have I done? Sawfish just brings up
> > errors. I deleted the .gnome files from my home file but it doesn't
> > work. When logged in as root, I don't even get gnome but rather
> > enlightenment with no file manager (and I can't find it anywhere -- I
> > do have access to kdm but without a panel of any sort).
> > When I look through the log of what's been done to my system, I
> > see that a large number of libs and packages were never installed
> > due to a number of dependency conflicts and configuration errors.
> > While some were being installed I often saw something like:
> > warning: can't find /usr/lib/libslang.so (not a directory or file doesn't
> > exist)... skipping.
> > That one came up ALOT!
> > What is it?
> > I know, all so vague... this is more a rant/question. :) When I settle
> > down a bit I will take care to write down all the errors I can find to
> > be more specific. It just seems apt-get didn't really get much done
> > in terms of upgrading.
> > Anyway, rain always worked well and I thought hail would be a nice
> > improvement but I seem to have really confused the poor dear.
> > Also, since I am still a newbie, I was wondering with the apt-get
> > upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade, was the kernel touched at all?
> > Since hail is 2.2.16 and rain is 2.2.14 (I believe).
> > Oh so many questions... so little time. :)
> > Thanks for anyone willing to respond to my rare rant. I'm usually
> > alot more composed. :) Later!
> >
>
> HI
>
> The kernl should've been touched.you may check with
> uname -a
>
> Now for the errors I would suggest 2 approaches;
> First waht I would suggest is run with the CDROM in
>
> apt-get update dselect
> This is very important
>
> Now to the fixing ideas:
>
> apt-get check
> and see what errors do you get
> try
> apt-get -f install
>
> dpkg --configure --pending
>
> also check for errors
>
> What can I say,I broke my system countless times when i was running
> unstable so the only reliable appproach if one is to find the first
> error,manually install the missing package with
> dpkg --force-depends -i packagename
>
> dpkg --force-help is your friend here
> ,ususally you can find the needed package in /var/cache/apt/archives
> then run again
>
> dpkg --configure-pending
> dselect
> choose option 3 Install
> repeat steps with the next package that gives an error,try purging
> the package and reinstalling it
>
> dpkg --purge packagename
>
> As for the x part I use gdm instead of kdm and works fine.Did yuo try to
> choose the session type in kdm.gdm for one have this annoying feature
> of defaulting to the last session so you have to tell it to run kde or
> gnome session.
>
> Well good luck
> --
> The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
> Alan Saporta
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