topic title: Oh dear. I think I've broken my install.
Posts: 19
Tanga
Joined: 21 Jan 2012
#1
I was looking for some software that seems to have been removed from the main repositories so added a couple of unstable repositories under Synaptic, not realising that they would be enabled under apt-get as well. So I updated, and now none of my apt-get installs work. I'm nost sure what info I should post, so here's my system info:

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System:    Host antiX1 Kernel 2.6.36-1-mepis i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-486 Jayaben Desai 01 May 2011
CPU:       Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache 256 KB flags (sse) bmips 1400.23 clocked at 700.116 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: S3 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV bus-ID: 00:04.0 X.Org 1.9.5 Res: 1024x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Savage/MX/IX 20061110 x86/MMX/SSE GLX Version 1.2 Mesa 7.10 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82440MX AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH ports fd00 fcc0 bus-ID: 00:00.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (8.8% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MHT2040A 40.0GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 35G used: 3.3G (10%) fs: ext3 ID:swap-1 size: 2.18GB used: 0.07GB (3%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0C mobo: 43.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes 105 Uptime 2:09 Memory 117.2/184.7MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.95 

System:    Host antiX1 Kernel 2.6.36-1-mepis i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-486 Jayaben Desai 01 May 2011

Processes: CPU - % used - top  10 active 
           1 - cpu: 15.4% command: iceape-bin pid: 1983
           2 - cpu: 6.5% command: X pid: 1057
           3 - cpu: 5.6% command: conky pid: 1394
           4 - cpu: 0.1% command: icewm pid: 1388
           5 - cpu: 0.1% command: python pid: 1240
           6 - cpu: 0.1% command: python pid: 1216
           7 - cpu: 0.1% command: dbus-daemon pid: 1109
           8 - cpu: 0.0% daemon: ~kworker/0:1~ pid: 7245
           9 - cpu: 0.0% command: slim pid: 1049
           10 - cpu: 0.0% command: hald pid: 10901

Info:      Processes 98 Uptime 2:15 Memory 97.8/184.7MB Client Shell inxi 1.4.95
My Repos (I removed the unstable ones):

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# See sources.list(5) for more information

# Note:If you want maximum stability, only use the stable/squeeze repos.

# MEPIS 11 series. 
# Uncomment all MEPIS repos shown here to install headers and linux-kbuild
# from MEPIS repo for latest MEPIS kernel (2.6.36). Then comment back once installed.
# deb ftp://ftp.mepis.com/mepis/ mepis-11.0 main 
# deb http://fr1.mepis-deb.org/mepis/ mepis-11.0 main 
# deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.mepis.org/mepis/ mepis-11.0 main 

# Mepis Community Main, Restricted, and Test Repos
# Use these repos ONLY if you enable Debian STABLE (squeeze) repo.
# deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis11cr main non-free 
# deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis11cr restricted restricted-non-free 
# deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis11cr test 
# deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis11cr test-restricted 

# Debian Testing. Default for antiX.
# Testing enabled for 'rolling' release.
?# deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free  
?# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free  
?# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 

# Debian Stable.
# Since 06-Feb-2011 this is known as"Squeeze". Use for maximum stability INSTEAD of
# the 'rolling' TESTING release concept.
# So, for max stability, UNCOMMENT the next two 'deb' lines and
# COMMENT-OUT the corresponding 'deb' lines in TESTING above.
# deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free  
# deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free  
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free  

# Multimedia Stable and Testing
# Use to install libdvdcss2 and codecs.
# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main non-free 
# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ stable main non-free 

# goggles music manager
# deb http://apt.progchild.de/ stable main 
# deb-src http://apt.progchild.de/ stable main 

# opera
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ squeeze non-free 

# virtualbox
# deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ squeeze contrib 

# liquorix kernels
deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main  
deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/liquorix.net/debian/ sid main 

# Libre-kernel
# deb http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/planet/ planet main 

###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
########
########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free 
# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ unstable main non-free 

? next to the unstable repos, And I also had some squeeze repos - which is probably where I went wrong.  :(
Doh! I dun goofed. I didn't realise that the repos editing in synaptic and apt-get were linked. God knows what I did to my system. Any help appreciated. I have tride to apt-get * --fix-missing too. It seems to have worked with frizen-bubble, but the command doesn't launch anything. Do I need to reinstall everything? __{{emoticon}}__ But I've just got it how I want it.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
What does
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
show?

Maybe the error and fix is here:


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page"
linktext was:"http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page"
====================================
Posts: 19
Tanga
Joined: 21 Jan 2012
#3
Thanks for your help anti. I ended up getting impatient and doing a clean install. If I break it again I'll try this though. Cheers!