Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
Following Andrei's advice, I used dpkg --audit to sort out problems with network connections, which it did very successfully. In the process, I discovered that there was quite a list of unconfigured packages. These I have been trying to configure. In the process I have unleashed a dependency

Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Robin
To start I'd apt-get install --reinstall binutils module-init-tools then try apt-get -f install which will try to fix problem or will provide some error messages rob On 17 November 2013 12:08, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: Following Andrei's advice, I used dpkg --audit to sort

Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Curt
On 2013-11-17, Robin rc.rattusrat...@gmail.com wrote: To start I'd apt-get install --reinstall binutils module-init-tools then try apt-get -f install which will try to fix problem or will provide some error messages Is dpkg --configure -a helpful, or would that just leave her with the

End of Saga: Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 17 November 2013 12:08:05 Lisi Reisz wrote: Following Andrei's advice, I used dpkg --audit to sort out problems with network connections, which it did very successfully. In the process, I discovered that there was quite a list of unconfigured packages. These I have been trying to

Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 17 November 2013 14:57:29 Curt wrote: On 2013-11-17, Robin rc.rattusrat...@gmail.com wrote: To start I'd apt-get install --reinstall binutils module-init-tools then try apt-get -f install which will try to fix problem or will provide some error messages Is dpkg

Re: End of Saga: Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi Reisz wrote: Lisi Reisz wrote: Following Andrei's advice, I used dpkg --audit to sort out problems with network connections, which it did very successfully. Good advice. In the process, I discovered that there was quite a list of unconfigured packages. These I have been trying to

Re: End of Saga: Re: Dependency hell following dpkg --audit

2013-11-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 17 November 2013 21:32:49 Bob Proulx wrote: It looks like you had a failed upgrade that you didn't notice had failed. Indeed! Since I last posted I have checked and discovered this. I hadn't even thought of it as possible, so hadn't checked. It would happen on this one. :-( I