On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 06:00:11PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > Hi. Since this is on a laptop I thought I'd ask here since the users > forum has not been responsive... > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi. dpkg has become locked up over one errant package and is not > allowing anything else to be processed. > > - ----------------------------------------- > # dpkg -P --force-all nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > (Reading database ... 118665 files and directories currently > installed.) > Removing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 ... > cat: alsa: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > - ----------------------------------------- > > Where can I erase this package from the database so dselect and the > rest will again function correctly? The module itself is long gone. > Edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686.postrm and insert "exit 0" as the second line. -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!]
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