RE: [debian-knoppix] kde broken, apt-get update problems
Actually, the way Knoppix interacts with the package system is a little more
broken than just the KDE issues. I just ordered a CD of the 11-19-2003
release (mine is apparently a beta 3.3 from September) just to get the new
KDE and OpenOffice. But the version I currently have is seriously flawed
when you try to use "dselect". Once you start "dselect", you end up removing
dozens of packages. This is a real show-stopper for me -- I depend on
"dselect" with "woody", where it works flawlessly. Is this fixed in
11-19-2003??
Regarding the hacks on the Debian site: I knew something was wrong when I
couldn't get to the security update sites over the weekend. I assumed it was
"just" a DoS attack at the time. As of yesterday, I still couldn't get to
"packages.debian.org", although most everything else seems to be up if you
don't mind an occasional page coming up in Swedish instead of US English. So
... Our worthy competitor Bill Gates has offered a rather substantial cash
bounty for information against the virus creators that wreaked such havoc on
his user community over the summer. How many millions of Debian and other
GNU/Linux/FreeBSD users are there? What if each of us donated $1US to a
bounty fund to be used against the thugs who mount DoS attacks and crack
free software sites?
Avoid experiments on a production system? But what if your product is
research? <ducking>
--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
mailto:znmeb@borasky-research.net
http://www.borasky-research.net
"Suppose that tonight, while you sleep, a miracle happens - you wake up
tomorrow with what you have longed for! How will you discover that a miracle
happened? How will your loved ones? What will be different? What will you
notice? What do you need to explode into tomorrow with grace, power, love,
passion and confidence?" -- L. Michael Hall, PhD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: debian-knoppix-admin@linuxtag.org
> [mailto:debian-knoppix-admin@linuxtag.org] On Behalf Of Klaus Knopper
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:31 AM
> To: Jeff Bauer
> Cc: debian-knoppix@linuxtag.org
> Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] kde broken, apt-get update problems
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 04:22:37AM -0600, Jeff Bauer wrote:
> > Knoppix-Debian newbie here. I was so impressed with
> > the Knoppix distribution that I installed in on a new
> > system. However, after a few days of playing with
> > it, I think I've managed to break it by attempting
> > to apt-get some KDE development tools. Presently
> > some KDE applications such a Konqueror are now
> > broken.
> >
> > Attempting to "apt-get update" also fails with the
> > errors listed below.
> >
> > Q1. What's the easiest way to get things working
> > again without a re-install?
>
> apt-get update ; apt-get install -t unstable kdelibs4 konqueror
>
>
> > Will the bad coonnection
> > to people.debian.org eventually get resolved and
> > fix the problem?
>
> No idea. You can ask the maintainers.
>
> > Q2. I obviously caused an overwrite that broke
> > something. How can I prevent this from occurring
> > in the future?
>
> Avoid experiments on a production system. ;-)
>
> Regards
> -Klaus Knopper
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