[SoulNothing]

distro sarge
all right i got some broken packages nvidia based

heres what i get when i run apt-get -f install

Code:
RAZORSkyline:~# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 126 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 115kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 143237 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii.prerm: line 6: /usr/lib/nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii/nvidia-installer: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii.prerm: line 6: /usr/lib/nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii/nvidia-installer: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii.prerm: line 6: /usr/lib/nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii/nvidia-installer: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii.prerm: line 6: /usr/lib/nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii/nvidia-installer: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-modules-2.4.25-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.4.27-fiasko-scsi-pentium-iii
nvidia-modules-2.6.7-fiasko-ide-pentium-iii
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


any help would be appreciated

[danleff]

Looks like you have multiple packages for three seperate kernels orphaned. Were these packages installed by apt-get using repositories in the /etc/apt/sources/lst file, or installed otherwise?

What kernel are you using right now...what does uname -r show?

You ned to get rid of these orphaned files and start over, usng the package for your specific kernel and architecture.

A good thread on apt-get and removing packages is located here.

[SoulNothing]

uname -r
2.6.8-1-686

yeah i used synaptic i went for the nvidia driver and later i learned it selected all kernels and its holding me up

and while im at it someone know where i could get a link to list all the apt-get commands

and last not but least the official debian unstable and testing repositories

i tried all those commands and that didnt help