Hello Ian Silvester (<yan@b13.net>) wrote:I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package Manager or apt-get, I get the following error: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: acpi: Depends: libc6 (>=2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).The acpi package was not built for woody. Where does it come from?
I obtained it via the ACPI HOWTO - there is a link in it to a .deb which is a Woody kernel + ACPI.
Are you using apt-pinning?
I am not. Could I use that to pin to a newer version of any given package?
Do you have entries for testing/unstable in your sources.list?
No.
libc6 2.2.5-11 is the version from woody, 2.3.1 is newer.
I begin to understand my problem; APT does not like finding a newer libc6. This is a laptop installation, where power management is a must. The APM built into Woody was inadequate; all signs pointed toward ACPI.
I guess the question now becomes; how to I convince APT to accept a newer libc6? Is that possible? Would the 'clean', 'update', upgrade' or dist- upgrade' options help me? Having read the man pages I am loath to run them without another individual suggesting that it would be a good idea!
best regards Andreas Janssen
Thanks Andreas for your lucid help on this. Regards, yan