It's happened again - seems to be a recurrent problem!!!
Should I return to Windows OS as my main operating system? Despite some of its shortcomings, I have to say I never seemed to have any difficulties with Windows XP, 7 or 8.1 - it just worked, provided it was set up securely which I was always careful to do. I know Windows OS has privacy/security issues but, to circumvent that, I have always kept my financial stuff on a pendrive rather than on an HDD and always view it offline. Windows OS attractiveness is its ease of operation & maintenance (e.g. I can install an Epson scanner in a straightforward fashion) for folk like me who are not computer specialists. You need very little computing knowledge beyond the basics of how a computer works (if that) to run Windows OS - that's not the case with Linux. Though LL is a superb operating system, and I always recommend it as the no.1 OS for anyone, beginners or expert, a lot of time and effort is still needed when things go wrong, even slightly wrong, especially if, like me, you feel you're not a Linux expert...
Returning to Windows is not an option I want to entertain as I've invested a lot of time in Linux generally (since April 2014), including donating to LL's very worthy cause. I've always said that LL has a great development team and folk are really helpful or certainly try to do their very best for everyone, but sometimes when I have difficulties to resolve (e.g the present one, installing an Epson Scanner, etc) they seem to take forever to fix, or no-one in the forum is quite sure how to fix it, which I think demonstrates the vastness & complexity of Linux generally, and particularly to eternal Linux newbies such as myself. Though I have bought books on Linux (I thoroughly recommend 'Ubuntu Linux Toolbox' by Christopher Negus, the most useful reference book I've seen) and have learnt a huge amount from this forum, I don't think I'll ever master Linux fully as it seems so vast...
Well, that's enough of me having a rant... how do I fix this sudo dpkg --configure -a issue which has reared its ugly head again?
I didn't try your idea TC in #18 - it sounded too speculative and by your own admission pretty risky...
My apologies if I'm sounding a bit downbeat today...
Regards
Mike
Should I return to Windows OS as my main operating system? Despite some of its shortcomings, I have to say I never seemed to have any difficulties with Windows XP, 7 or 8.1 - it just worked, provided it was set up securely which I was always careful to do. I know Windows OS has privacy/security issues but, to circumvent that, I have always kept my financial stuff on a pendrive rather than on an HDD and always view it offline. Windows OS attractiveness is its ease of operation & maintenance (e.g. I can install an Epson scanner in a straightforward fashion) for folk like me who are not computer specialists. You need very little computing knowledge beyond the basics of how a computer works (if that) to run Windows OS - that's not the case with Linux. Though LL is a superb operating system, and I always recommend it as the no.1 OS for anyone, beginners or expert, a lot of time and effort is still needed when things go wrong, even slightly wrong, especially if, like me, you feel you're not a Linux expert...
Returning to Windows is not an option I want to entertain as I've invested a lot of time in Linux generally (since April 2014), including donating to LL's very worthy cause. I've always said that LL has a great development team and folk are really helpful or certainly try to do their very best for everyone, but sometimes when I have difficulties to resolve (e.g the present one, installing an Epson Scanner, etc) they seem to take forever to fix, or no-one in the forum is quite sure how to fix it, which I think demonstrates the vastness & complexity of Linux generally, and particularly to eternal Linux newbies such as myself. Though I have bought books on Linux (I thoroughly recommend 'Ubuntu Linux Toolbox' by Christopher Negus, the most useful reference book I've seen) and have learnt a huge amount from this forum, I don't think I'll ever master Linux fully as it seems so vast...
Well, that's enough of me having a rant... how do I fix this sudo dpkg --configure -a issue which has reared its ugly head again?
I didn't try your idea TC in #18 - it sounded too speculative and by your own admission pretty risky...
My apologies if I'm sounding a bit downbeat today...
Regards
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work