weird update problems

[Zachary Stern]

Longshot, but maybe your cdrom drive is bad and so the install isn't copying
all files properly.

On 2/8/07, Gabriel Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> had Edgy installed and tried doing an update using the update-manager,
> after which two packages wouldn't be updated. A closer look using
> aptitude showed that linux-image-generic was pointing to non-existant
> kernels. I got frustrated and ended up removing all kernels and then
> found apt wouldn't let me install any at all.
>
> I reformatted, this time using Dapper (which I personally believe is far
>   more stable). Would you believe, after a fresh install of Dapper I run
> aptitude dist-upgrade, I get this nonsense:
>
>
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   linux-image-386: Depends: linux-image-2.6.15-28-386 which is a virtual
> package.
> >   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386: Depends:
> linux-image-2.6.15-28-386 which is a virtual package.
> > Resolving dependencies...
> > The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> >
> > Keep the following packages at their current version:
> > linux-image-386 [2.6.15.24 (now)]
> > linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386 [Not Installed]
> > linux-restricted-modules-386 [2.6.15.24 (now)]
> >
> > Score is -41
> >
> > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
>
>
> What on Earth is going on? This seems similar to the probs I had with
> Edgy. My local mirror is gb, but I also changed to fr and updated with
> no change.
>
> Am I being really dumb here and over-looking something really obvious!?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabe
>
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