I should add that I'm removing that package because we actually boot from an earlier kernel...
Denis On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Denis Crowdy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Have been helping a student migrate to linux (ubuntu) lately - hp dv4 > laptop so all sorts of sound troubles until we went back to Intrepid. > Various people had a go at fiddling with it (all in an attempt to get > sound going) and we ended up with a machine with the backport drivers > (linux-backports-modules-2.6.27-14-generic from memory). When I try > and "aptitude remove" said package, it thrashes for ages copying > files, then runs out of space. Have tried with 5Gb to 20Gb of free > space, and the same occurs each time, leaving a crapped out package > situation so new packages can't be installed. > > Any advice as to what we might try? One suggestion has been to > reinstall Intrepid, but given the nightmares we've had getting this > machine to work so far, I think we might lose a potential new linux > user through sheer frustration and that would be a bummer. > > Cheers, > > Denis > > -- > Denis Crowdy > Department of Contemporary Music Studies, Macquarie University +61 2 9850 6787 > http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au http://motekulo.blogspot.com/ > http://www.melanesianmusic.org > > CRICOS Provider No 00002J > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, > please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this > message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily > the views of DCMS or Macquarie University. > -- Denis Crowdy Department of Contemporary Music Studies, Macquarie University +61 2 9850 6787 http://www.dcms.mq.edu.au http://motekulo.blogspot.com/ http://www.melanesianmusic.org CRICOS Provider No 00002J This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of DCMS or Macquarie University. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
