Re: Strange Package Behavior
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:34:27 -0700
glen <glenjo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I went to install fglrx-legacy and all related packages. The install
> seemed to work just fine. When I rebooted, X failed. Looking through
> the Xorg log I found that the /etc/ati directory was empty. Now I
> find that the apt database shows that the /etc/ati files are all there
> without having the package installed. Not sure how this happen. I've
> tries a variety of apt-get commands to clean up the database to no
> avail. Needless to say, if I try to install the package, it has a
> broken status.
>
> I know, I can just stick to the radeon driver, which seems to work
> just fine for my needs, and I may deserve some bad juju karma for
> installing a proprietary driver, but I've never had anything like
> this happen in many, many years of using Debian.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
>
> Glen
>
>
dpkg --configure -a
dpkg --configure --pending
apt-get -f install
apt-get update
Repeat as needed.
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