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Old 06-05-2008   #1 (permalink)
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[SOLVED] Linux Newb Pls. HELP on upgrading

I installed debian etch on my pc and did an upgrade from apt-get, after awhile it was ok until i got to this part
/var/cache/apt/archives/libexchange-storage1.2-3_2.22.1-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

what should i do? need specific instruction pls.
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Hi and Welcome !

Execute this
Code:
cat /etc/debian_version
Post output here.

Have you tried to clean cache?
Code:
su -
apt-get clean all
apt-get update
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4.0

i did a force install it did the work thanks!!
but i got another problem theres, when i rebooted after the login there was nothing.
The only thing was there was the mouse pointer. don't know what to do.
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Press Alt+Ctrl+F1. It will switch to Command Line Login prompt. Log in as regular user and execute this
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su -
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
startx
Post exact error message here, if any.
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Thanks for the help Casper!
But i got frustrated that I reinstalled linux. now I have installed ubuntu on my system, did wanna try it anyway. Thanks again its working fine now, so now I only have LINUX on my system. Good-Bye MICROSOFT!!!.

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