[debian-knoppix] EOF[i] - status & diversion file error + suggestion
Hello,
I installed the DVD Knoppix edition on my notebook Thinkpad T40 what went
smooth but encountered pretty fast some serious corrupted files - please see
at the bottom for a brief copy of the debian-user list reply mail (I did not
know that there is a knoppix mailing list as well until a few days ago).
I decided to reinstall knoppix but use this time the cd edition. I wonder if
anybody else encountered similar problems and which version you can recommend
for a minimum of bugs, the 5.09. version, even though it is labbeled as beta
or the 22.09. or even an older version. I know that knoppix is based on
debian testing/unstable therefore I have to be aware of some bugs but
nevertheless the use of knoppix dvd was pretty stable/reliable up to know
(except these corrupted files).
thanks in advance, cheers Martin
/var/lib/dpkg/status has to be replaced and
> Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 57, <$__ANONIO__> line 3807.
This strongly suggests that your debconf cache, /var/cache/deconf/*.dat,
is badly corrupted.
> E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
Looks like apt's status cache, and/or dpkg's status file is broken.
> when downloading debconf-english 1.3.8
>
> and install it with
>
> dpkg -i debconf-english_1.3.8_all.deb
>
> I get
>
> diversion file has too long lines or EOF [i]
This suggests that your dpkg-divert file, /var/lib/dpkg/diversions, is
corrupted. Probably full of binary garbage from some other file.
> how do I solve that?
You might want to check the rest of the files on your system for
curruption, figure out what the problem is, and restore from backups..
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