[Techtalk] apt-get failure

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Try dpkg --configure modutils
or even dpkg-reconfigure modutils ?

I haven't had a kernel image work with woody/sid yet :(
All sorts of nonsense about initrd's and no images with klips..

hth

At 1:20 PM -0400 10/6/01, David Merrill wrote:
>I was installing the new kernel on debian sid, and got this error:
>
>Setting up modutils (2.4.10-1) ...
>depmod: Unexpected value (20) in 
>'/lib/modules/2.4.9-k6/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o' for 
>ieee1394_device_size
>	It is likely that the kernel structure has changed, if so then
>	you probably need a new version of modutils to handle this kernel.
>	Check linux/Documentation/Changes.
>dpkg: error processing modutils (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.4.10-k6:
>  kernel-image-2.4.10-k6 depends on modutils (>= 2.3.12); however:
>   Package modutils is not configured yet.
>dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.10-k6 (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>Errors were encountered while processing:
>  modutils
>  kernel-image-2.4.10-k6
>
>I get the same error when I run `dpkg --configure --pending'.
>Does anyone know how I can recover from this, or what is going on?
>
>tia,
>
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