<div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/25 Mischa Falkenburg <<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">Steve wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:01 -0000, Mischa Falkenburg > <<a href="mailto:because_productions@myfairpoint.net">because_productions@myfairpoint.net</a>> wrote: > > >> Hello All. >> >> I've sort of been "blindly" trying to figure-out some sort of home >> network setup. Using Synaptic Package Manager, and typing in the word >> "Network", and then installing various things that sorta caught my >> interest. Well, after a couple days I came to the conclusion that I was >> trying too much too soon. So, I went about Removing what I thought I >> wouldn't want for my initial "experiments". What I removed seems to have >> affected what still "works". For one thing, there is no longer a >> wireless strength indicator on the top bar of my screen...but, I seem to >> still have a connection. Also, when I try running Update Manager in the >> attempt to rectify what I've managed to do, I'll get an error message >> about something called "bacula". It seems that IT, or a portion of it, >> is not where the system is looking for it - in the /etc folder. >> Sorry this is so long. Any ideas? >> Thanks-in-advance, >> >> Mischa >> >> > bacula is a network backup program. > > Try running > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > in a terminal, answer no when upgrade asks, and copy/paste the error > message to the list. > > </div></div>OK, Steve...here goes: michael@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for michael: Hit <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-security Release.gpg Ign <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-security/main Translation-en_US Ign <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy Release.gpg Ign <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/main Translation-en_US Ign <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" 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hardy-security/universe Sources Hit <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-security/multiverse Packages Hit <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-security/multiverse Sources Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/main Packages Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/restricted Packages Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/main Sources Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/restricted Sources Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/universe Packages Hit <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy/universe Sources Hit <a 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hardy-updates/universe Sources [45.6kB] Get:9 <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-updates/multiverse Packages [29.3kB] Get:10 <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a> hardy-updates/multiverse Sources [5265B] Fetched 976kB in 5s (178kB/s) Reading package lists... Done michael@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> Mischa </div></div></blockquote><div> As there’s nothing horrific, a simple <pre>sudo apt-get -f install sudo dpkg --configure -a should do. If no more errors occur you can then purge bacula </pre> </div> </div>- Cheers SteVe