[Sderby] Error messages in Ubuntu Edgy

[Richard Smedley]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:46:25 David Coulson wrote:
> "invoke-rc.d initscript samba action "start" failed
> dpkg:error processing samba (--configure)
> 
> Any suggestions would be welcome.

You have a problem with Samba - but you need to provide a little more
information. Presumably the upgraded version objects to something
in the config file which was acceptible to the old version.
However you could start with 
dpkg-reconfigure -plow samba
and see what messages you get.

> Also my disc is rather full and I want to know how to identify any
> files from the earlier upgrades, that I can delete.

apt-get autoremove
apt-get autoclean
apt-get clean
will all help, the last one is all you need - provided you don't
need to hang on to any downloaded .debs. (see man apt-get)

You need to be root - on Ubuntu:
sudo -s
then enter your password
Don't forget to 
exit
as root when you finish ;-)

 - Richard

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