23 Apr
2012
23 Apr
'12
9:22 p.m.
On Monday 23 April 2012 22:10:20 Lisi wrote:
On Monday 23 April 2012 20:21:40 Greg Madden wrote:
I commented out virtually everything, and got exactly the same result.
I am wondering whether I should try 3.5.13 with Slavek's patches, but that is
really the result of desperation!! I am a little worried because this is not
my computer, and I have never tried to use patches before.
It occurs to me to wonder whether a possible explanation is that I had tried
to install 3.5.13 before and failed because of problems with the
repositories. I simply don't remember how far I got, if I got anywhere.
So I think I'll try that next, before I resort to tearing my hair out. :-(
Thanks again,
Lisi
I would trim your sources list, do you need
'deb-src' entries ? You also
have two security entries, i use the ~sqeeze/updates one. Sometimes a
when a sources entry fails to connect you can get missing
packages/depends.
Thanks! I'll certainly comment out the src lines - as you say, I do not
really need them, and can uncomment them if I ever do..
But the two squeeze updates are not in fact the same thing.
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
is, as it says, security, so is necessary.
deb http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian/ squeeze-updates main
is not security - there is no mention of security. It is the replacement
for volatile.
Still, I could certainly comment both out temporarily.
I am still baffled as to why the same procedure worked a week or two ago
and doesn't work now!!!
Anyway, now to try your suggestions. Thanks for them.