On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 16:21, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 16 May 2003, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Just installed te latest kernel update. Now my problem is apt stopped > > working :|. It just hangs at the "Reading Package Lists..." prompt. > > (while at 66%). > > Doing an strace reveals lost of pread function calls which just stop at > > a certain moment. Is this an apt-get problem or a kernel one? Anyone > > else experiencing this? > > It's a more-or-less known apt problem, seen quite a few such reports, > seems to be caused by duplicated packages (which is a situation apt should > nowadays handle automatically but apparently it doesn't always work...) > Please report to apt-rpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list. > > - Panu - Thanks! I've found a duplicated package ximian-wallpapers (installed twice with the same version number). Now does anyone know how to remove it? Rpm doesn't help since it can't deduce which one to remove... -- Klaasjan Brand <kjb@xxxxxx>
