Re: After upgrading to Woody

[Ayman Haidar <haidara@geneseeurgentcare.com>]

Once upon a time Curtis Vaughan (curtis@npc-usa.com) wrote:

   > 
   > Having finally finished upgrading, I get the following problem in dselect:
   > Although I have chosen no new packages it will tell me after entering Install:
   > 
   > The following NEW packages will be installed:
   >   pcmcia-modules-2.4.17-386
   > 
   > Which was the 2nd package of updates I did after the packages for installing 
   > the new kernel.
   > 
   > Choosing YES only leads to the following errors:
   > 
   > Preconfiguring packages ...
   > (Reading database ... 53172 files and directories currently installed.)
   > Unpacking pcmcia-modules-2.4.17-386 (from 
   > .../pcmcia-modules-2.4.17-386_3.1.31-7k1_i386.deb) ...
   > dpkg: error processing 
   > /var/cache/apt/archives/pcmcia-modules-2.4.17-386_3.1.31-7k1_i386.deb 
   > (--unpack):
   >  trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.4.17-386/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o', which is 
   > also in package kernel-image-2.4.17-386
   > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
   > Errors were encountered while processing:
   >  /var/cache/apt/archives/pcmcia-modules-2.4.17-386_3.1.31-7k1_i386.deb
   > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
   > Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
   > packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
   > or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
   > above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
   > Press enter to continue.
   > 

I had exaclty the same problem. pcmcia package has more modules than
the kernel and I needed one for my wireless card.
I ended up doing this:

	dpkg -i --force-overerite pcmciaXXXXXX

that worked OK for me.

good luck

Ayman