This one time, at band camp, Allan Baker said: > Hello. > > I was fooling around with my x setup, first I tried some xsetroot then I > decided to try some other window managers, but when I tried to: > > # apt-get install afterstep > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > imagemagick librplay3 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > afterstep imagemagick librplay3 > 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/2529kB of archives. After unpacking 8540kB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libglib1.2' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_4%3a5.4.4.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack): > files list file for package `gzip' contains empty filename > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_4%3a5.4.4.5-1_i386.deb > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Then I tried: > > $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib1.2.list > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Oct 10 11:39 > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib1.2.list -> ../init.d/alsa > > and: > > $ less /var/lib/dpkg/info/gzip.list > warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested > > This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any > way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted > to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, > please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository > (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > Release Date: 21 December 2001 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF] > Module Loader present > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 22 15:33:07 2002 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > > [snip a couple hundred more lines were here] > > Does anybody know what is wrong and how I can fix it? > > Thanks It sounds like filesystem corruption. fsck the drive. Good luck. Steve -- Seleznick's Theory of Holistic Medicine: Ice Cream cures all ills. Temporarily.
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