[Novalug] "aptitude" wants to remove kernel-image

[Sam Rosenfeld]

The following is my sources list.  I am using sarge -- if I understand
your comment below, all I need to do is replace "stable" with "sarge".
Is that correct?

sam

# See sources.list(5) for more information, especially
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Brandon Saxe wrote:

> What does your /etc/apt/sources.list look like?
>
> With Debian, you often have to change from 'stable' to
> 'sarge' (or whatever version you are using) when there
> is a new release.
>
> 'stable' is pointing to etch right now. You want to
> make sure you are pointed at 'sarge' explicitly.
>
> --Brandon
>
> --- Sam Rosenfeld <sam1 at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > When I try to install (Debian 3.1) any uninstalled
> > executable (e.g.,
> > aptitude install mbmon), I get the following error
> > message:  [REMOVE,
> > NOT USED] kernel-image-2.6.8-3-386.
> >
> > Then, after a listing of all the dependencies (way
> > too many -- a few
> > hundred) another, more dire, error message advises
> > that terrible
> > things may happen if the kernel-image is removed.
> > Using dpkg offers
> > no improvement.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > sam
> >
> >
> >
> >
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