[SOLVED] (argh) "Could not perform immediate configuration"
On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 07:11:40PM -0500, Jeff Gordon wrote:
> Hi, Folks --
>
> I decided to go ahead and try upgrading to Wheezy on this laptop (Acer Aspire
> 5250, gift for my sister) to see if any of the three previously mentioned
> problems might clear. Now I'm stuck at "Could not perform immediate
> configuation on 'libgstreamer0.10-0'." I've gone through the man page twice
> and checked the example configurations, where it says "Do not set this to
> 'false', see man page" and have no idea how to get past this blockage --
> 'purge' wants to remove half the system, "apt-get -f" only returns the
> same error message, etc. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.
Solved, thanks to kindly user Karl Fogel who wrote me off-list. This procedure
is what did it:
apt-get update
apt-get install gnome
apt-get -f install (had to do that about three times before full success)
apt-get -f dist-upgrade
This got me past the 'libgstreamer' problem and on to full upgrade from
Squeeze to Wheezy, which I was doing in hopes it might help with other
problems I'd been having (black screen on Resume, squashed images on display,
and unable to transfer more than 32k). This upgrade _did_ immediately solve
the "squashed images" problem -- Gnome's System Settings now offers sensible
resolution choices for the size of the laptop's screen (15.4 inches wide).
--
-- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com>
"There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing
is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."
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