Jan,
Just saw second half of this reply after sending my last one.
Will give it a try.
Thanks for your help (and thanks to all others) I feel guilty taking up
everyone's time.
I'll give it a try
Keith
On 7 July 2010 14:55, Jan Henkins <jan@???> wrote:
> Keith,
>
> On Wed, July 7, 2010 14:14, Keith Williams wrote:
> > Jan
> >
> > assume you meant dpkg
>
> Typo, sorry. That's what somethimes happens when you try and do things at
> a million miles an hour. Still, good perception and a solid understanding
> often only needs half a word! :-)
>
> > ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.9-10+lenny8 Apache
> > HTTP Server - traditional non-threade
> > ii apache2-utils 2.2.9-10+lenny8
> utility
> > programs for webservers
> > ii apache2.2-common 2.2.9-10+lenny8 Apache
> > HTTP Server common files
> > rc libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny8
> > server-side,
>
> Looks good! Last stuff I can add before it goes off into the total unknown
> is:
>
> To list full package contents, try (typed carefully this time):
> dpkg -L package-name | less
>
> If you can physically find all the files listed, then maybe by
> reconfiguring the offending package could save you. You can do this with
> the "dpkg-reconfigure" command.
>
> Speaking for myself, I would backup any configs, and totally blat all the
> above packages with "aptitude purge package1 package2 package3" et cetera,
> and re-install from scratch afterwards. I simply don't have the time to go
> into lenghty root-cause analysis exercises.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jan Henkins
>
>
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