Thank you Wayne128, I just tried that line you suggested.
A little progress I think, but not success yet. I got the following output:
compaq-kitchen ian # sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad libntfs-3g75 libntfs-3g804
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cpp-4.5 gcc-4.5 gcc-4.5-base gcj-4.6-base gcj-4.6-jre-lib gir1.2-peas-1.0
gnome-desktop3-data libelfg0 libevince3 libgail-3-0 libgcj-bc libgcj-common
libgcj12 libgdata1.8-cil libglew1.6 libgnome-desktop-3-0 libjaxp1.3-java
libjaxp1.3-java-gcj liblockfile-bin libmhash2 libmission-control-plugins0
libmtp-runtime libmtp9 libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common libpoppler-glib6
libpoppler13 libseed-gtk3-0 libsigsegv2 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0
libwebkitgtk-3.0-common libxalan2-java libxalan2-java-gcj libxerces2-java
libxerces2-java-gcj linux-headers-3.0.0-1-amd64 linux-headers-3.0.0-1-common
linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 linux-image-amd64
linux-kbuild-3.0.0 poppler-data zenity-common
The following packages have been kept back:
foomatic-db-engine
The following packages will be upgraded:
acpid alsa-utils apt apt-file apt-utils aspell aspell-en banshee base-passwd
bc binfmt-support brasero brasero-common bsdutils busybox cpp-4.4
cpufrequtils cron cups cups-client cups-common cups-driver-gutenprint
cups-ppdc curl dc debian-system-adjustments dkms dmsetup eog evince
evince-common fakeroot firmware-atheros firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x
firmware-intelwimax firmware-ipw2x00 firmware-ivtv firmware-iwlwifi
firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-qlogic firmware-ralink
firmware-realtek foomatic-db foomatic-filters fortunes-husse fuse fuse-utils
g++-4.4 gawk gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base gconf-editor genisoimage gettext-base gimp
gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gnome-applets gnome-applets-data
gnome-bluetooth gnome-disk-utility gnome-nettool gnome-power-manager
gnome-user-share grep grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gzip hal hwdata iptables iso-codes jfsutils
klibc-utils libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libapache2-mod-dnssd libarchive1
libart2.0-cil libaspell15 libaudio2 libblas3gf libbrasero-media0 libbs2b0
libburn4 libcap2-bin libcpufreq0 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2
libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libcurl3 libdevmapper1.02.1 libedit2
libenchant1c2a libencode-locale-perl libevolution libfuse2 libgconf2.0-cil
libgdiplus libgdu-gtk0 libgdu0 libgimp2.0 libglade2.0-cil libglib-perl
libglib2.0-cil libglu1-mesa libgnome-bluetooth7 libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
libgnome2.24-cil libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common
libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgstfarsight0.10-0
libgtk2.0-cil libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgudev-1.0-0 libgutenprint2
libhal-storage1 libhal1 libhtml-format-perl libhtml-template-perl
libieee1284-3 libijs-0.35 libisofs6 libjpeg62 libjs-jquery libkarma0
libklibc libkpathsea5 liblapack3gf liblcms1 liblist-moreutils-perl
liblocale-gettext-perl liblockfile1 liblua5.1-0 liblvm2app2.2 liblzma2
liblzo2-2 libmng1 libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil libmono-addins0.2-cil libmpfr4
libmtp-common libnotify-bin libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d liboobs-1-4
libparted0debian1 libpci3 libpcre3 libpcsclite1 libplist1
libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0
libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libportaudio2 libpurple-bin libpurple0 libraptor2-0
librasqal3 librecode0 libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core
libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw
libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-filter-mobiledev libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-math
libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-style-galaxy
libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer libruby1.8 libsane libsane-common
libsgutils2-2 libsmbclient libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsqlite0 libssh2-1
libstdc++6-4.4-dev libtalloc2 libtdb1 libtelepathy-glib0
libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl liburi-perl libusb-1.0-0 libv4l-0
libvlc5 libvlccore4 libwbclient0 libwmf0.2-7 libxapian22 libxml2-utils
libxslt1.1 libxv1 libyajl1 linux-headers-2.6-amd64 linux-image-2.6-amd64
locales m4 man-db manpages manpages-dev mesa-utils mint-meta-codecs
mintbackup mintmenu mobile-broadband-provider-info modemmanager
multiarch-support nautilus-share net-tools network-manager-gnome
notification-daemon ntfs-3g ntp openssh-client p7zip p7zip-full pciutils
pidgin pidgin-data policykit-1 policykit-1-gnome poppler-utils procps
python-bugbuddy python-chardet python-debian python-evolution
python-gnomeapplet python-gnomedesktop python-gnomekeyring python-gtkspell
python-libxml2 python-mako python-markupsafe python-notify python-openssl
python-parted python-uno python-wnck python-xapian rsyslog ruby1.8 samba
samba-common samba-common-bin sane-utils simple-scan system-tools-backends
sysvinit telepathy-gabble telepathy-mission-control-5 transmission-common
transmission-gtk ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-opensymbol
ufraw-batch ufw uno-libs3 update-inetd ure usb-modeswitch
usb-modeswitch-data usbutils uuid-runtime vim-common vim-tiny vino vlc
vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse w3m wget wvdial
xdg-user-dirs xinit xnest xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-video-all xsltproc xz-utils zenity
307 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 3 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.9 MB/409 MB of archives.
After this operation, 324 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main libvlccore4 amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main vlc-data all 1.1.11-2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main libvlc5 amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main vlc-plugin-notify amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main vlc-plugin-pulse amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main vlc amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Err
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main vlc-nox amd64 1.1.11-2+b2
Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... -2_all.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Failed to fetch
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb Could not resolve 'debian.linuxmint.com'
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 137422 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.22-2 (using .../gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.1
configured to not write apport reports
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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