problems after apt-get -dist-upgrade -f

hi
i use knoppix 6.2 hd installed

i used command
apt-get -dist-upgrade -f

but it ended with "error processing ppp_xx.xx.x.deb" (i don't remember exact name it begins with ppp and followed by version numbers )
and after that network does not work any more , network monitor applet does not appear
and i am unable to set up network connection
next in the system settings there is no way to set up keyboard layout any more.
perhaps there are other things broken after apt-get -dist-upgrade -f ...
what i can do to make system working again ?

thanks best regards

I would change to a console and change to runlevel 2 with the command

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init 2

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The next step would be

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dpkg --configure -a

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This will give some error message about packages which could not be installed properly.

You can switch back to runlevel 5 by issuing

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init 5

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here the errors : root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# apt-get install -f ....... Preparing to replace ppp 2.4.4rel-10.1 (using .../archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ppp ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/chatscripts/gprs', which is also in package ppp-scripts-knoppix 0.6-2 configured to not write apport reports Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# dpkg --configure -a dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-pptp: network-manager-pptp depends on ppp (>= 2.4.5); however: Version of ppp on system is 2.4.4rel-10.1. dpkg: error processing network-manager-pptp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-pptp-gnome: network-manager-pptp-gnome depends on network-manager-pptp (= 0.8.1-1); however: Package network-manager-pptp is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing network-manager-pptp-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wvdial: wvdial depends on libuniconf4.6; however: Package libuniconf4.6 is not installed. dpkg: error processing wvdial (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome wvdial i hope to recover my knoppix thanks best regards

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dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/chatscripts/gprs', which is also in package ppp-scripts-knoppix 0.6-2 configured to not write apport reports

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I would suggest to make a backup copy of /etc/chatscripts/gprs and to issue

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dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb

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Afterwards you can compare /etc/chatscripts/gprs with the old one and make changes if they are necessary.

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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wvdial: wvdial depends on libuniconf4.6; however: Package libuniconf4.6 is not installed.

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I would search for a package /var/cache/apt/archives/libuniconf4.6*.deb and try to install it by issuing

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dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libuniconf4.6*.deb

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if you can find it.

this worked ,then i used apt-get dist-upgrade -f . it encountered some errors with some mythtv packages . i forced override and then it encountered some error - that i cant remember .(now i cant make apt-get dist-upgrade -f again because the keyboard does not work so i can not see this error again) i typed dpkg --configure -a , init 2, init 5 and immediately after that computer asked for restart and after the restart ... things grew very ugly : there was new interface but i was unable to set up screen resolution , keyboard layout was still missing in system settings and most important - keyboard did not worked - did not react even to num lock , and computer asked for restart after the restart the situation was the same - low resolution and non working keyboard and asking for restart . after few restarts i gave up.... so is that way to recover knoppix hd install , or i have to do it from zero? it seems that apt-get upgrade is not possible , so perhaps there is some way to upgrade with next version of knoppix ? thanks best regards

I think that you have some issue with the X environment. You do not need it to make an upgrade of your HDD install because I think that all files are already downloaded to you computer. It is recommended to run the command "apt-get dist-upgrade" while being in runlevel 2 to avoid issues with the X environment.

The first thing I would try is to boot into runlevel 2 instead of the usual runlevel 5. If you boot your Knoppix system with GRUB you are able to edit the command line which starts Knoppix. You simply have to append the cheat code 2 to the line which begins with "kernel". After booting Knoppix you are in the console and could issue

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apt-get -f install

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or

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dpkg --configure -a

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You can reboot the system with the command

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reboot

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if your keyboard is working again.

In the case that your keyboard does not work although you booted into runlevel 2 you could boot off the Knoppix CD you were using for you HDD install and set up a chroot jail with your HDD install. Then it should be possible to complete the upgrade but this approach is more complicated than the first one I mentioned.

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so perhaps there is some way to upgrade with next version of knoppix ?

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It is not intended to upgrade Knoppix to a new version since its primary use is being a live CD and not a Linux system on an HDD.

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it seems that apt-get upgrade is not possible , so perhaps there is some way to upgrade with next version of knoppix ?

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Why not upgrade Knoppix?