[plug] Debian broken

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 5/1/07, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I have been running Debian sarge (more or less).
>
> With a recent upgrade, I have now found that the USB on the computer no
> longer works (printer and camera no longer "found"), and I do not know
> what else has gone wrong with the system.
>
> I recently tried to do a system update, using Synaptic, before the
> release of Debian 4, and found that 23 packages were to be replaced,
> and, with the imposition of shaping, would have taken probably a couple
> of days, so I left it.
>
> Then, Debian 4 was released.
>
> Due to things going wrong with the software, I tried to do a system
> update with Synaptic, just now, and, in checking the packes to be
> deleted, etc (the 23 packages to be updated, apparently, no longer
> applies), it appears that Synaptic intends to massacre my system (gnome
> to be deleted, but not replaced, etc).
>
> Is it possible to update sarge, and, if so, how, or, has it been written
> off by Debian?
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
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It sounds like your in between sarge and etch. Check your
/etc/apt/sources.list, it should reference "sarge" by name rather then
"stable" as etch has been promoted the the "stable" area.

Sarge will be maintained for a little while longer, but with the
outdated-ness of Sarge, and the mix mash state your system is probably in,
it may be wiser just to go for the dist-upgrade to etch.

Tomasz
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