Hardy Half-way Hinstalled

I would suggest setting your software sources to only use "hardy" and remove any references to "feisty" or "gutsy".

I'm presuming you are still able to run a terminal window?
(Applications menu, Accessories) and type...

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

the lines you need to have in there are will mention hardy
Comment out any lines that are not relevant anymore by placing a # at the start of the line
Then save and close the editor.

In terminal again try

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

No Joy. Running the 'apt-get upgrade' gets the following:

# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  bash: Conflicts: bash-completion but 20060301-3ubuntu3 is installed
  cpp-4.1: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-21ubuntu1) but it is not installed
  emacs21: Depends: xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1) but it is not installed
  g++: Depends: g++-4.1 (>= 4.1.1-2) but it is not installed
  gcc-4.1: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-21ubuntu1) but it is not installed
  grub: Depends: volumeid but it is not installable
  libcairo2: Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 is installed
  libgtk2.0-0: Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 is installed
  libldap-ruby1.8: Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
  libmysql-ruby1.8: Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
  libnet-dns-perl: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is installed
  libsasl2: Depends: libsasl2-2 (= 2.1.22.dfsg1-8ubuntu2) but 2.1.22.dfsg1-9ubuntu2 is installed
  libstdc++6-4.1-dev: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) but it is not installed
                      Depends: g++-4.1 (= 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) but it is not installed
  libunicode-string-perl: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is installed
  libversion-perl: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is installed
  libvolume-id0: Conflicts: libvolumeid0 but 093-0ubuntu18 is installed
  linux-image-2.6.24-19-server: Depends: module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3) but 3.3-pre4-2ubuntu4 is installed
  locales: Depends: belocs-locales-bin (>= 2.4-2.2ubuntu2) but 2.4-2ubuntu2 is installed
  perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1) but 5.8.8-12 is installed
  perl-modules: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-8) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is installed
  php5-mysql: Conflicts: php5-mysqli but 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3 is installed
  php5-mysqli: Depends: phpapi-20051025 but it is not installable
               Depends: php5-mysql (= 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3) but 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 is installed
               Depends: php5-common (= 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3) but 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 is installed
  rdoc1.8: Depends: irb1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
           Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
  ruby1.8: Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
  ruby1.8-dev: Depends: libruby1.8 (= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is installed
  tasksel: Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.5) but 1.5.2ubuntu2 is installed or
                    cdebconf (>= 0.106) but it is not installed
  ucf: Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.19) but 1.5.2ubuntu2 is installed or
                cdebconf but it is not installed
  xkb-data: Breaks: console-setup (< 1.21ubuntu3) but 1.7ubuntu19 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

Here's the /etc/apt/sources.list file I'm using:
#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025.1)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025.1)]/ hardy main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe

Running the 'apt-get -f install' again gives the same output as above. :(

This problem appears to be related to Bug #249340. I tried the various fixes listed in the notes, but nothing worked. Most of the fixes involve booting kernel 2.6.22-14 and then re-running an upgrade....my problem is that my server doesn't have a 2.6.22-14 kernel....just a 2.6.22-19, and a 2.6.20-17 kernel.

Does the following line give an error?

sudo apt-get update

How about this

sudo apt-get -f install bash
sudo apt-get -f install bash-completion

If not, then perhaps you can force install the individual items that are showing as errors from your upgrade attempt above.

Again, No Joy

  sudo apt-get -f install bash
 ...
  cpp-4.2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dash: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  debianutils: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dhcp3-client: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dhcp3-common: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  diff: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dmidecode: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dmsetup: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dosfstools: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dpkg: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  dselect: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
           Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  e2fslibs: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  e2fsprogs: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ed: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  eject: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  emacs21: Depends: xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1) but it is not going to be installed
  ethtool: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  fam: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
       Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2-20070516) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  fetchmail: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  findutils: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  fontconfig: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ftp: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  fuse-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  g++: Depends: g++-4.1 (>= 4.1.1-2) but it is not going to be installed
  gcc-4.1: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-21ubuntu1) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
           Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gcc-4.2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gems: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gettext: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gettext-base: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gnupg: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  gpgv: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  grep: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  groff-base: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  grub: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
        Depends: volumeid but it is not installable
  hdparm: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  hostname: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ifupdown: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  info: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  inputattach: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  iptables: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  iputils-arping: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  iputils-ping: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  iputils-tracepath: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ispell: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  klogd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  less: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libacl1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libapr1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libasound2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libatk1-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libatk1.0-0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libblkid1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libbz2-1.0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.7-10ubuntu3) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libc6-i686: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.7-10ubuntu3) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcairo-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcairo2: Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
  libcap1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libck-connector0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libclamav3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcomerr2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcompress-raw-zlib-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libconsole: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcurl3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcurl3-gnutls: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libcwidget3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdatrie0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdb4.2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdb4.3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdb4.5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdb4.6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdbd-mysql-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdbi-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdbm-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdevmapper1.02.1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdigest-md4-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libdrm2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libedit2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libelfg0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libexpat1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libfam0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
           Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2-20070516) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  libfontconfig1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libfreetype6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libfribidi0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libfuse2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgcc1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgcrypt11: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgdbm-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libglib2-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgmp3c2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgmpxx4ldbl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgomp1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgpg-error0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgpmg1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgtk2-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libgtk2.0-0: Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
  libice6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libidn11: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libjpeg62: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libkeyutils1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libkrb53: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libldap-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
                   Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
  liblockfile1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libltdl3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  liblzo2-2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libmysql-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
                    Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
  libncurses5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libncursesw5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libneon26: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libneon27: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libnet-dns-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
                   Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
  libnetaddr-ip-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libntfs-3g12: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libopencdk10: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libopenssl-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libpam-foreground: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libpango1-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libpcap0.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libreadline-ruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libreadline5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libruby1.8: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsasl2: Depends: libsasl2-2 (= 2.1.22.dfsg1-8ubuntu2) but 2.1.22.dfsg1-9ubuntu2 is to be installed
  libsasl2-2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsasl2-modules: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libselinux1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsepol1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsigc++-2.0-0c2a: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libslang2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsm6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsqlite3-0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libss2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libstdc++6-4.1-dev: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
                      Depends: g++-4.1 (= 4.1.1-13ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed
  libsvn1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libsysfs2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libtasn1-3: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libthai0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libtidy-0.99-0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libtiff4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libttf2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libungif4g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libunicode-string-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
                          Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
  libusb-0.1-4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libuuid1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libversion-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
                   Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-12) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
  libvolume-id0: Conflicts: libvolumeid0 but 093-0ubuntu18 is to be installed
  libx11-6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxaw7: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxcb-xlib0: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxcb1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxcomposite1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxext6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxfont1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxi6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxinerama1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxml-parser-perl: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxml2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxmu6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxmuu1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxpm4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxrandr2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxrender1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxt6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxtrap6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxtst6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxv1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  libxxf86dga1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  linux-image-2.6.24-19-server: Depends: module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3) but 3.3-pre4-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
  locales: Depends: belocs-locales-bin (>= 2.4-2.2ubuntu2) but 2.4-2ubuntu2 is to be installed
  login: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  lshw: Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  lsof: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ltrace: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  lzma: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
        Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  man-db: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  mdadm: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  mlocate: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  module-init-tools: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  mount: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  mtr-tiny: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ncurses-bin: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  net-tools: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  netcat-traditional: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ntfs-3g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ntpdate: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  passwd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  pciutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  pcmciautils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1) but 5.8.8-12 is to be installed
        Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  perl-base: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  perl-modules: Depends: perl (>= 5.8.8-8) but 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
  php5-mysql: Conflicts: php5-mysqli but 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3 is to be installed
  php5-mysqli: Depends: phpapi-20051025 but it is not installable
               Depends: php5-mysql (= 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3) but 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 is to be installed
               Depends: php5-common (= 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.3) but 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 is to be installed
  portmap: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ppp: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  proftpd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  psmisc: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  python-apt: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6
              Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4) but 4.1.2-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
  python-gdbm: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  rcs: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  rdoc1.8: Depends: irb1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
           Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
  reiserfsprogs: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ruby1.8: Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.6.111) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
  ruby1.8-dev: Depends: libruby1.8 (= 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1) but 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.2 is to be installed
  sed: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  spamc: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  strace: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  subversion: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  sysklogd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  tar: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  tasksel: Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.5) but 1.5.2ubuntu2 is to be installed or
                    cdebconf (>= 0.106) but it is not going to be installed
  tcl8.4: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  tcpd: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  tcpdump: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  time: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  ucf: Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.19) but 1.5.2ubuntu2 is to be installed or
                cdebconf but it is not going to be installed
  usbutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  uuid-runtime: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  vim-common: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  vim-tiny: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  wget: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  whiptail: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  wireless-tools: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  wpasupplicant: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  x11-session-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  x11-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  x11-xfs-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  x11-xserver-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  xfonts-utils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  xkb-data: Breaks: console-setup (< 1.21ubuntu3) but 1.7ubuntu19 is to be installed
  xutils-dev: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
  zlib1g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) but 2.5-0ubuntu14 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

And again, an 'apt-get -f install' craps out with libc6 dependency errors all over the place:
apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  emacs21-common libneon25 libneon26 libconvert-asn1-perl libcairo-ruby xcursorgen smbldap-tools libatk1-ruby libnet-ssleay-perl
  libdns32 libglib2-ruby libunicode-maputf8-perl libpango1-ruby libclamav1 debconf-utils libnet-ldap-perl libcrypt-smbhash-perl
  libsvn0 libmail-spf-query-perl emacsen-common gettext libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby emacs21-bin-common libdigest-md4-perl libcurl3
  libunicode-map-perl libgif4 libnet-cidr-lite-perl libunicode-string-perl libmysqlclient12 emacs21 libdb4.2 libdb4.5 libpq4
  xaw3dg libjcode-pm-perl patch libio-socket-ssl-perl mdadm libunicode-map8-perl liblockfile1 libungif4g
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  apt bash belocs-locales-bin console-setup debconf emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common g++-4.1 g++-4.2 gcc-4.1-base grub
  irb1.8 libatk1-ruby1.8 libc6 libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8 libgif4 libglib2-ruby1.8 libgtk2-ruby1.8 libpango1-ruby1.8 libpng12-0
  libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libsasl2 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libstdc++6-4.2-dev
  libungif4g module-init-tools perl xaw3dg
Suggested packages:
  apt-doc dpkg-dev bash-doc debconf-doc libgnome2-perl libqt-perl libterm-readline-gnu-perl emacs21-common-non-dfsg emacs21-el
  g++-4.1-multilib gcc-4.1-doc g++-4.2-multilib gcc-4.2-doc libstdc++6-4.2-dbg grub-doc glibc-doc libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit
  libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal libsasl2-modules-ldap libsasl2-modules-otp libsasl2-modules-sql libstdc++6-4.1-doc
  libstdc++6-4.2-doc
Recommended packages:
  perl-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libvolumeid0 php5-mysqli
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  g++-4.1 g++-4.2 libgif4 libstdc++6-4.2-dev xaw3dg
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt bash belocs-locales-bin console-setup debconf emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common gcc-4.1-base grub irb1.8
  libatk1-ruby1.8 libc6 libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8 libglib2-ruby1.8 libgtk2-ruby1.8 libpango1-ruby1.8 libpng12-0 libreadline-ruby1.8
  libruby1.8 libsasl2 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libungif4g module-init-tools perl
28 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 54 not upgraded.
467 not fully installed or removed.
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E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on libc6