weird update problems

[John Dangler]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 15:48 -0500, Zachary Stern wrote:
> Longshot, but maybe your cdrom drive is bad and so the install isn't
> copying all files properly.
I wouldn't buy that if it were free...
I had the same problem, and know of at least 3 others who did also (all
running Dapper, not Edgy)...
I think something got hosed on the repo's somewhere.

> 
> 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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