mystery package

[H.S.]

Frank McCormick wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
>> Frank McCormick wrote:
>>> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank# apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> Package xserver-xorg-video-intel is not available, but is referred to by
>>> another package.
>>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>>> is only available from another source
>>> E: Package xserver-xorg-video-intel has no installation candidate
>>> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#
>> Ah, here are the message. Please disregard my recent post to your
>> original message. Aptitude is telling you what the problem is (missing,
>> obsoleted or available from another source). Did you check ubuntu's
>> website about this package? For hardy, look here:
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/xserver-xorg-video-intel
>>
>>
>>> Weird huh ? It just started doing this.
>> What does the following give?
>> $> aptitude  why-not xserver-xorg-video-intel
>>
>> And the following.
>> $> apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
>>
>>
>>
> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank# aptitude  why-not xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 
> Unable to find a reason to remove xserver-xorg-video-intel.
> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#
> 
> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#  apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
> xserver-xorg-video-intel:
>   Installed: 2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10.1
>   Candidate: (none)
>   Package pin: (not found)
>   Version table:
>  *** 2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10.1 2000
>         500 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca intrepid-proposed/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10 2000
>         500 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca intrepid/main Packages
> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#
> 
> Doesn't seem to make much sense ???
> 
> 
> 

There is no candidate to update to. What does the following give:
$> sudo aptitude update
$> sudo aptitude -s full-upgrade

That "-s" won't actually do anything but will just 'simulate' what will
happen.



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