On Tuesday 17 July 2007 13:48, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > The sata port on my MB went down and I had to run fsck on the hard-drive. I > guess the /var directory was mangled. As a result, I cannot install, > remove, upgrade any package. I get the following error ,essage fro, dpkg: > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `hpijs' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `update-inetd' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libqt4-sql' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libsnmp9' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libmagic1' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libgnomecanvas2-0' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libglade2-0' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libgda2-common' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `openbsd-inetd' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `openoffice.org-math' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-ipy' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-cairo' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-gtk2' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `python-numeric' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libavformat0d' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libbonoboui2-common' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libxp6' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > dpkg: error > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch7_amd64.deb > (--unpack): > unable to open files list file for package `fontconfig-config': No such > device or address > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch7_amd64.deb > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Any ideas? > Thank you > Thierry
Oupss... I must add: I tried all --force things I found in man dpkg Thierry > -- > Linux is like a tipee: no Windows, no Gate and an Apache inside -- Linux is like a tipee: no Windows, no Gate and an Apache inside -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

