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: > Send Linux mailing list submissions to > linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-owner [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linux digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me. Kubuntu Upgrade to > 9.10 (Charles MacDonald) > 2. Re: Unhelpful error messages seem to haunt me. Kubuntu > Upgrade to 9.10 (Shawn H Corey) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > 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 > To: OCLUG Technical <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>, General Membership > Discussion List <oclug [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Message-ID: <4B3CFFFA [ dot ] 8030903 [ at ] zeusprune [ dot ] ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > 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 > http://www.TelecomOttawa.net/~cmacd/ > No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > 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> > Message-ID: <4B3D0B4C [ dot ] 3070905 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > End of Linux Digest, Vol 61, Issue 1 > ************************************ > -- http://www.therecycledteenager.blogspot.com/ Leave the Windoze closed :-)) “Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu (“humanity to others”)is designed to fix”. But K-eep L-ocktite R-eady