[plug] Debian broken
Bret Busby
bret at busby.net
Tue May 1 11:47:15 WST 2007
On Tue, 1 May 2007, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:52:52 +0800
> From: Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: plug at plug.org.au
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Debian broken
>
> 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
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>> you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>> Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>> A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>> written by Douglas Adams,
>> published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
>> ....................................................
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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 outdated-ness of Sarge, and the mix mash state your system is probably in,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
>
The sources file follows.
" cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ stable main contrib
non-free
deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
"
>From the response above, from Tomasz, to upgrade to etch, do I just need
to use the two commands
apt-get update
apt-get dist upgrade
and use the above sources file?
Or, is there something else I neeed to do?
Being a Westnet ADSL customer (for Internet access), I have noticed, as
we (not being a business ADSL customer) do not have free access to WAIX
downloads, on the 3FL web site, at
http://www.3fl.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14015 ,
is a way, apparently, for Westnet customers to update Debian
distributions, without using download quota.
>From that web page, if I use the line
deb http://mirror.wa.3fl.net/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
as the first line in the sources file, would that work?
Now, I have just edited the sources file, to try to update sarge, while
keeping it as sarge, so that it is as follows.
"~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mirror.wa.3fl.net/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ sarge main contrib
non-free
deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free
"
I then rebooted, and ran Synpatic. The response from Synaptic, is below.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net sarge/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net
sarge/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au sarge/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au sarge/contrib
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net sarge/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net
sarge/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://mirror.wa.3fl.net
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.wa.3fl.net_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au sarge/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au sarge/contrib
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uwa.edu.au
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uwa.edu.au_mirrors_linux_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
sarge/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/contrib Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
sarge/updates/non-free Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
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