Updating acpid in Debian error

After trying to update debian I get the following errors:


Preparing to replace acpid 1.0.8-6 (using .../acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb) ...
* Stopping ACPI services... [ OK ]
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
* Stopping ACPI services... [ OK ]
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
* Starting ACPI services... [ OK ]
invoke-rc.d: initscript acpid, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/acpid_1.0.8-7_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: error processing acpid (--configure):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration.

The solution was simple though:
su
mv /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh.backup

Then try again :)
apt-get upgrade

Sound not working in Debian

After the latest updates/distro-upgrade of Debian testing as of April 2009, my mouse (as mentioned and fixed earlyer) and soundcard stopped working.. Here is the fix for the soundcard:

What I noticed was mplayers error:
Can't open audio device /dev/dsp

/dev/dsp was missing. In order to get it back again all I had to do was(as root):
dpkg-reconfigure alsa-base

And it was fixed :) Now just make sure your soundcard isn't muted, because if it is you can max the volume without getting any sound. I prefer using gmix (Gnome 2.0 Mixer in Fluxbox) for that.

Hope it helps you out :)