Tom Russo wrote:
Sounds like whatever database is kept to keep track of packages is
munged.
Yes, and now I need to track down that database, cache, or whatever it
maybe.
Now I'm not sure what to think, was it my backup/restore that
munged things, or did the package repos change, or both?
I'm putting this install down, and re-installing Ubuntu from
scratch. I'll get all of my hard drive back, clean up fstab, and
start off from a clean slate.
That sounds like an extreme course, but it would guarantee a clean
system.
Yes, I now have the confidence that I can restore my mission critical
stuff, so it is time to play with the other stuff.
You might instead just try installing all the necessary packages with
apt-get instead of relying on synaptic, but if synaptic is so
confused then perhaps starting from a clean slate isn't crazy.
Yes again, my fstab file gives me a dozen kernels to boot from, but the
one I downloaded via synaptic, isn't one of them.
This box is AFU, and I'm putting her down.
73
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Darryl Gibson N2DIY
RLU X 182668/379552
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distinction of a free man from a slave.” -- Andrew Fletcher, A
Discourse of Government with relation to Militias (1698)
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