mystery package

[Frank McCormick]

H.S. wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 

I did an update...then :

root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#  aptitude -s full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Would download/install/remove packages.
root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#

Has no candidate to update to...but says 1 not upgraded...huh?


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