[SOLVED] Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Hardy Heron has landed[!] and my NIC disappeared!

At last, it's here! Ok, it was released days ago but at least, the wait is over. :)

It took me about 18 hours to complete the upgrade online via SmartBro[ken]! That's correct, 18 hours. I'm tired of their service. "Konting tiis na lang, papa-putol ko rin 'yung service".

After 18 excruciating hours, my Ubuntu is now a Hardy Heron! Bwahahaha! Hmmm, there are 5 packages that we're not upgraded because of dependency issues, I'll try to fix it later. I rebooted to M$ XP [I'm having a dual-boot,. Need to access my work's email..] and boom! The network's gone! I mean, my NIC is not recognized both on M$ and Ubuntu. Oh sh*t! What happened? I'll check the forums bit later if the upgrade affected my hardware. I hope not [fingers crossed].

But for those who want to try Ubuntu, get it here - http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download.

Don't let my experience here shun you from trying Linux. It's an excellent OS. And it's free. If you want, I'd be happy to lend a hand. Going back, it could be a hardware issue either. This is just an isolated case! Nothing to worry. I'll update this one later, too! Wish me luck, I need them! Bye!

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Hello there, I decided to add my update here rather than create a new [notice the line above?].

Hoooooooooooooo! Finally, I got my NIC working! I read through the forums and I was reminded of Troubleshooting 101. Before blaming the OS or software for all the stupidity we have done, please check the hardware [issue] first. Just like in my case, it was a slot problem. I just moved my NIC to the other slot, and whoala, it's working again! Now that I'm back, it's time to fix the remaining packages.

Here are the error logs I got:


Setting up exim4-config (4.69-2) ...
/usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Usage: dpkg-statoverride [ ...]

Commands:
--add
add a new entry into the database.
--remove remove file from the database.
--list [] list current overrides in the database.

Options:
--admindir set the directory with the statoverride file.
--update immediately update file permissions.
--force force an action even if a sanity check fails.
--quiet quiet operation, minimal output.
--help show this help message.
--version show the version.
dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-base:
exim4-base depends on exim4-config (>= 4.30) | exim4-config-2; however:
Package exim4-config is not configured yet.
Package exim4-config-2 is not installed.
Package exim4-config which provides exim4-config-2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing exim4-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-daemon-light:
exim4-daemon-light depends on exim4-base (>= 4.69); however:
Package exim4-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4:
exim4 depends on exim4-base (>= 4.69); however:
Package exim4-base is not configured yet.
exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however:
Package exim4-daemon-light is not configured yet.
Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rkhunter:
rkhunter depends on exim4 | postfix | sendmail | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package exim4 is not configured yet.
Package postfix is not installed.
Package sendmail is not installed.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing rkhunter (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-config
exim4-base
exim4-daemon-light
exim4
rkhunter
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


At first, I tried to build the dependencies.


root@rot:/house# apt-get build-dep exim4-config
...


'Though this might have corrected the dependencies, I still got the same error. How stupid of me to look ever simple things??? I may be better off joining the army or the police. I just shoot without asking. I checked again. Hmmmm, let's see... It seems the error is about the group Debian-exim, right?!? Haiz!

In the famous words of my Indian instructor, "Just do one thing..." well, I did two:


user1@rot:~$ sudo groupadd Debian-exim
user1@rot:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride --add Debian-exim Debian-exim 640 /var/spool/exim4/
stripping trailing /
user1@rot:~$


And then ran again the update. and the rest is history...


root@rot:/house# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up exim4-config (4.69-2) ...

Setting up exim4-base (4.69-2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/exim4 ...

Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.69-2) ...
* Starting MTA [ OK ]

Setting up exim4 (4.69-2) ...

Setting up rkhunter (1.3.0-3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/rkhunter.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/cron.weekly/rkhunter ...
Updating the file properties database:
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ]
File updated: searched for 151 files, found 125

root@rot:/house#