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Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 06:37

Hi there

I've trawled the archives but found no luck. I'm on version 0.11.10-3 and want to upgrade so I can use the uPNP streaming with my Liteon dvd and netgear mp101.

I tried upgrading using the web interface but no luck, it tells me no upgrades found. I've checked my /etc/apt/sources.list and made sure the debian sources are commented out and the bubba source is available:

bubba:/etc/apt# cat sources.list
#deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
#deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
#deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sarge non-free

deb http://update.excito.net/ bubba main

I tried dpkg --configure -a followed by an apt-get update and still I'm on 0.11.10-3.

I've downloaded the latest img file and popped it onto a usb stick formatted as FAT32 using winxp sp2, but my bubba won't recognise the memory stick, so I'm stuck

Any pointers gratefully accepted

Plinth

bjorn · Post by **bjorn** » 19 May 2007, 10:08

if there are newer packages in excito repositories, the command:

apt-get upgrade

will most likely install them

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 10:26

Thanks for the reply bjorn. I tried that:

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bubba:/etc# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  bubba
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

no luck. I'm trying to concentrate on the usb issue now, as if I can get that to work I'm assuming booting with bubba.img on the usb key will upgrade it.

I've been tailing /var/log/messages while plugging and unplugging the key:

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May 19 15:04:20 bubba kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel:   Vendor: memory    Model: USB2.0            Rev: 1.00
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel: SCSI device sda: 3987968 512-byte hdwr sectors (2042 MB)
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel: SCSI device sda: 3987968 512-byte hdwr sectors (2042 MB)
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel:  sda: unknown partition table
May 19 15:04:25 bubba kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
May 19 15:04:26 bubba scsi.agent[2700]:      sd_mod: can't be loaded (for disk)

I think sda: unknown partition table and sd_mod: can't be loaded (for disk) might be important so I'm googling

bubbalibre · Post by **bubbalibre** » 19 May 2007, 11:13

Hi Plinth,

You should start by updating the packages list:

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apt-get update

Then, if no error occurs, you could try:

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apt-get dist-upgrade

Regards,

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 11:29

Hi bubbalibre

I get no errors on apt-get update:

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bubba:/var/log# apt-get update
Hit http://update.excito.net bubba/main Packages
Hit http://update.excito.net bubba/main Release
Reading Package Lists... Done

so tried the apt-get dist-upgrade:

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bubba:/var/log# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  bubba
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

bubba kept back? sounds odd to me but I'm a n00b

bubbalibre · Post by **bubbalibre** » 19 May 2007, 11:44

I guess you have a "dependency conflict". That mean that you'll probably have to remove something to be able to update the bubba package.

You can have a good hint of what's the cause by typing:

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apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade

Look for 'broken dep' is the output.

When you have found the problem, you can get rid of it with:

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apt-get -u install bubba

Then read carefully the warning before accepting.

Can you post the result of the first command here?

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 12:04

Thanks for your help bubbalibre.

Here's my output:

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bubba:/dev# apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Starting
Starting 2
Investigating mediatomb
Package mediatomb has broken dep on libid3-3.8.3
  Considering libid3-3.8.3 1 as a solution to mediatomb 1
  Holding Back mediatomb rather than change libid3-3.8.3
Investigating bubba
Package bubba has broken dep on mediatomb
  Considering mediatomb 1 as a solution to bubba 1
  Holding Back bubba rather than change mediatomb
 Try to Re-Instate bubba
Done
Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  bubba
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

I've not tried apt-get -u install bubba yet. I seem to have a problem with mediatomb, which I tried to uninstall but I don't have it installed. Something tells me I'm not reading the error correctly. Perhaps my issue is with id3?

Should I go ahead with the apt-get -u install bubba without fixing the issue first?

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 12:18

\o/

It dawned on me I had the wrong libid3 installed, so I removed it and installed the correct one, ran update and it's all fixed.

Thanks bubbalibre, your help was invaluable.

bubbalibre · Post by **bubbalibre** » 19 May 2007, 12:20

The problem is that you have mediatomb installed. Since mediatomb is now part of the bubba package, but in another version, you have a dependency conflict.

You can try to remove mediatomb, knowing that it will be restore by bubba:

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apt-get remove mediatomb

Then:

* Remove the non-longer needed packets:
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```
apt-get autoremove
```
* Clean the package list:
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apt-get autoclean
```
* Update your bubba:
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```
apt-get dist-upgrade
```

Tell me how it's going on.

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 19 May 2007, 12:30

I tried apt-get remove mediatomb before removing libid3 but the response was mediatomb is not installed.

If I'm still having trouble I'll remove mediatomb and re update later on. Right now bubba is busy indexing my mp3 collection

Thanks again bubbalibre, your knowledge has been excellent and invaluable.

bubbalibre · Post by **bubbalibre** » 19 May 2007, 13:13

Good to know, glad to help.
Regards,

Post by **johannes** » 23 May 2007, 05:28

Also, regarding the USB stick issue, it would probably have worked if you had formatted your memory stick first (i.e. from windows, just right-click and choose format). Some USB sticks come with missing partition tables when you buy them, and Bubba doesn't handle that correctly.

Also note that using this approach would format the disk and re-install the system on Bubba, all your data would be lost.

Plinth Adenoid · Post by **Plinth Adenoid** » 25 May 2007, 18:22

I tried formatting in windows many times, also with my fedora box but to no avail.

Not checked it since, will have to get back to tailing those logs