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Re: kernel uninstall



On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 05:05:11PM +0000, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> Debian i386 etch kernel linux-image-2.6.15.1-k7 with appropriate nvidia 
> kernel, running OK.
> 
> Also installed linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7 without proper match for X11.
> 
> Wanting to change to 2.6.17, I tried unsuccessfully to first unistall 2.6.16 
> (apt-get --purge remove), always aborted because package is in incorrect 
> state.
> 
> Neither apt-get -f install
> nor reinstall followed by --purge remove were successful (package in incorrect 
> state).
> 
> Could you suggest how to get rid of 2.6.16?
> 
> Thank you
Hi Francesco,
what is the FULL message? 
what does 'dpkg -l |grep linux-image' show?
have your tried using 'dpkg' to remove it?
cheers,
Kev
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