Lucid problem

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 11 15:54:53 UTC 2010


Nils Kassube wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> 	Seems that the "big" problem some people projected I would
>> have, has happened. I can no longer get updates due to this
>> problem:
>>
>> Initializing package states... Done
>> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg
>> --configure -a' to correct the problem.
>> karl at Lucid:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu64) ...
>> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
> 
> Alan Pope already told you the solution to your problem:
> <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/519855>
> 
> If you follow that link you should find the comment which mentions the 
> possibility to link firmware to firmware.sh. And as you probably have no 
> idea what that means, here is the command:
> 
> sudo ln -s /lib/udev/firmware /lib/udev/firmware.sh
> 
> Then the command
> 
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
> 
> should work.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
	Thank you VERY much! I know what a link is but had no idea 
what to link TO. Right now I am getting todays updates fine 
and will get g++ when done. I have been going through my old 
text book "C++Programing:" D. S. Malik. I am getting to old to 
learn fast...


73 Karl



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