[RESOLVED] sudo dpkg --configure -a crashes my machine

Hello there! I'm a Zorin noob and just install 6.2 Lite for my old Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. The wireless drivers aren't working and my machine crashes when I do several things:
1- Go to Preferences>Additional Drivers and activate the Broadcom STA Wireless Drivers (so I need another option here)
2- Synaptic Package Manager crashes and when I try to uninstall SPM with the Software Center it crashes my machine
3- My machine also crashes when I try a: 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' when trying to solve these issues manually through a terminal.

So at the moment Zorin isn't looking so hot for this noob

What do I need to do to solve these issues? Is there any info I can give you that would help solve my problems (some wireless hw info at bottom)?

Thanks!

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:15:c5:ac:25:8d
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.11 latency=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:df9fe000-df9fffff

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, the notebook is connected to the router via network cable. The internet connection works fine this way.

Edit: Still no wifi solution or sudo dpkg solution though...

hi,

take a look at this update guide and run "DPKG" per the guide:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Once that is done and updated, go to:

System Settings > Hardware > Addititional Drivers and see if your drivers are on offer, if not, wait for Madvinegar like Swarf said!!.

Do not remove Synaptic as it is a very useful tool!!.

Regards Wolfman

So I've rebooted in recovery mode and tried to run the dpkg. This process seems to hang up and not go any further after about a minute. Another couple of attempts have arrived at the same conclusion, so I've just manually rebooted every time. The 'fsck' process works correctly though. Along with synaptic -not- working, I've noticed that I can't even shell install the build-essential for a gcc compiler. Would a complete reinstall be necessary? At this point I'm thinking maybe another lite distro might be suitable for this old laptop. Any new suggestions?

EDIT: I can't install anything, not even with the Software center. It will crash my machine.

Hi,

you did click on "Network" before trying to run "DPKG" didn't you????. DPKG only works if you activate the network first using a network cable!!.

Failing that, you might want to try Zorin OS Lite which requires less CPU and RAM!!.

Regards Wolfman.

Yes, I have tried "Network" before "DPKG". It still hangs. Zorin 6.2 Lite is what I've installed.

A reinstall didn't seem to fix it. :[

I'm trying out Trisquel now. Seems to be working fine.

Thanks for all of your help! :]

Hi,

at least you have a working system, if you still require help, feel free to post here.

I will mark this as "Closed".

Regards Wolfman