I tried to install (without success) the laptop-net package (might be my fault I told debconf to not hanlde it's configuration). In any case it's stuck in "need configuring" mode (C in dselect). I tried to simply remove it with: dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq laptop-net But that did not work. What am I doing wrong? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin