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dpkg: error processing package s6-linux-init (--remove):
installed s6-linux-init package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 6
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
s6-linux-init
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
Writing Menu: icewm
Writing Menu: jwm
Writing Menu: fluxbox
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
harry@antix1:~
$ inxi -zv7
System:
Kernel: 6.6.101-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: IceWM v: 4.0.0 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-25-b2_x64-full
Stephen Kapos 17 December 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 42424VU v: ThinkPad T520
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 42424VU serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: 8AET46WW (1.26 )
date: 05/18/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 73.2 Wh (99.9%) condition: 73.3/73.3 Wh (100%)
volts: 12.46 min: 11.1 model: SANYO 42T4763 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: not charging control: start: 0% end: 100% cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 1.35 GiB (8.7%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: TeamGroup part-no: TIMETEC-SD3-1600 serial: <filter>
Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: TeamGroup part-no: TIMETEC-SD3-1600 serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 797 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 797 2: 797 3: 797 4: 797
bogomips: 19936
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb est flush_l1d
fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr
mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xsave xsaveopt
xtopology xtpr
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GF119M [Quadro NVS 4200M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
arch: Fermi pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1057 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP) driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.6:4
chip-ID: 04f2:b217 class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Chi Mei Opto 0x15a3 res: mode: 1366x768 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) dpi: 101 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 398mm (15.7")
modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
device-ID: 8086:0126
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e08
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.101-antix.1-amd64-smp status: kernel-api with: apulse
type: pulse-emulator
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 6080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: proto kernel_ll scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 19.82 GiB (6.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: HM321HI size: 298.09 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0002
scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GU10N rev: MX05
dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 52.57 GiB used: 12.38 GiB (23.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
label: rootantiX25 uuid: a298bbaf-9cb6-44c6-9e9d-0bfd1a2eba33
ID-2: /home size: 238.91 GiB used: 7.44 GiB (3.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
label: /home uuid: 7a43e0cd-7b2c-4e99-8082-40cbb76164b5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 5.17 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swap/swap
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 600 MiB fs: vfat label: ESP uuid: 9768-9857
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint
Sensor type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 147e:2016 class-ID: 0000
Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP)
type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
power: 200mA chip-ID: 04f2:b217 class-ID: 0e02
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2678
Info:
Processes: 165 Power: uptime: 40m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: SysVinit v: 3.14 runlevel: 2 default: 2
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1933 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.39
harry@antix1:~
Staying on sysvinit. Error was weird so I posted it
Have not got around in /home folder yet to delete folders or /etc either.
Ok. Now done in /home and /etc/sv deletion.
harry@antix1:~
$ sudo apt -f install
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dialogbox libs6-linux-init-1.1 libs6rc-0.5 libwtmpdb0
libs6-dev libs6-linux-init-dev libs6rc-dev openssh-sftp-server
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
harry@antix1:~
$ sudo apt autoremove
REMOVING:
dialogbox libs6-linux-init-1.1 libs6rc-0.5 libwtmpdb0
libs6-dev libs6-linux-init-dev libs6rc-dev openssh-sftp-server
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 8, Not Upgrading: 0
Freed space: 710 kB
Continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 230532 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dialogbox (1.0-1~qt5) ...
Removing libs6-linux-init-dev:amd64 (1.1.3.0-0experimental1.0antix1) ...
Removing libs6-dev:amd64 (2.13.2.0-0antix1) ...
Removing libs6-linux-init-1.1:amd64 (1.1.3.0-0experimental1.0antix1) ...
Removing libs6rc-dev:amd64 (0.5.6.0-0antix1) ...
Removing libs6rc-0.5:amd64 (0.5.6.0-0antix1) ...
Removing libwtmpdb0:amd64 (0.73.0-3+deb13u1) ...
Removing openssh-sftp-server (1:10.0p1-7.0nosystemd1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.41-12) ...
harry@antix1:~
$ sudo apt -f install
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
harry@antix1:~
$
Edit: Sysvinit is all the that grub screen shows now.
- This reply was modified 8 months, 2 weeks ago by rokytnji.
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