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SOunds like you are using the unstable distribution and unofficial sources - You should know what you are doing or be prepared for trouble in that case.
Possibly the problem right now is that debian is in a transition from gcc2.95 to gcc3.2 (which has an incompatible ABI). So various parts of the unstable distribution depend on conflicting versions of system libraries, and can't be installed at the same time.
Be carefull about using apt-get dist-upgrade. It will happily remove various essential packages. Rather, use "apt-get upgrade" which will only touch the parts which it is possible to upgrade without removing other parts, and then install the packages which "apt-get upgrade" says it is holding back one at at time with "apt-get install", evaluating each time if you are doing something bad like removing gnome.
Possibly the problem right now is that debian is in a transition from gcc2.95 to gcc3.2 (which has an incompatible ABI). So various parts of the unstable distribution depend on conflicting versions of system libraries, and can't be installed at the same time.
Be carefull about using apt-get dist-upgrade. It will happily remove various essential packages. Rather, use "apt-get upgrade" which will only touch the parts which it is possible to upgrade without removing other parts, and then install the packages which "apt-get upgrade" says it is holding back one at at time with "apt-get install", evaluating each time if you are doing something bad like removing gnome.
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