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[OCLUG-Tech] Re: Linux Digest, Vol 61, Issue 1

Hi Charles
With my limited knowledge in Linux (25 years on computers) I find its just
better to back up Home and fresh install, with the new version whatever the
OS.
Its so much cleaner :-))

Eric Brackenbury

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> wrote:

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>   1. Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me. Kubuntu        Upgrade to
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>   2. Re: Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me. Kubuntu
>      Upgrade to 9.10 (Shawn H Corey)
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> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:48:10 -0500
> From: Charles MacDonald <cmacd [ at ] zeusprune [ dot ] ca>
> Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me.
>        Kubuntu Upgrade to 9.10
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> Error Code 127, what a wonderfully helpful message.
>
> I backed up my home directory yesterday, and decided to go for Kubuntu
> 9.10 for the new year. I upgraded my Wife's laptop the other day and it
> seemed to go smoothly and so far no issues - even the web cam now
> suddenly works.
>
> Try to upgrade mine and Kpackagekit gives me error 127.
>
> I try apt-get and make some progress, the Blocked updates I have been
> seeing are now in place.
>
> I think I should stop fiddling today in case I make it worse.
>
> Searching the web I can't even find a definition of "error 127" and the
> help pages show the next step as though it can't help but happen.
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade  and sudo spt-get dist-upgrade now say everything
> is up to date.  Kpackage kit still offers to get 9.10 but stalls in
> about 2 seconds with the error 127 andter I agree that this is a long
> process.
>
> I don't realy know all the ins and outs of apt as I have turned into a
> GUI user since I retired.
>
> --
> Charles MacDonald                 Stittsville Ontario
> cmacd [ at ] zeusprune [ dot ] ca              Just Beyond the Fringe
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> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:36:28 -0500
> From: Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me.
>        Kubuntu Upgrade to 9.10
> To: Charles MacDonald <cmacd [ at ] zeusprune [ dot ] ca>
> Cc: General Membership Discussion List <oclug [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>,
>        OCLUG Technical <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>
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> Charles MacDonald wrote:
> > Error Code 127, what a wonderfully helpful message.
>
> Well, if it's a standard errno, that is, it came from the OS, it means,
> "Key has expired", whatever that means.  Sorry, never seen it before.
>
>
> --
> Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
>  Shawn
>
> Programming is as much about organization and communication
> as it is about coding.
>
> I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your
> thingy.
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marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu (“humanity to others”)is designed
to fix”.

But
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