Find backports to sarge to just upgrade only your kernel and not all the system.
Good luck On 3/31/06, Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This is my first post to this list. > > I am running Sarge at the moment but would like to upgrade to testing. I > have been using the 64-bit version for just two weeks. I have run > testing for about two years on a 32-bit box. > > The first time I tried an upgrade, it broke due to Xorg. I couldn't fix > it no matter what I tried so I reinstalled. Now I am dead scared to > upgrade - but I need to do so in order to get my nForce-based sound card > working as the module for the card is only available in the kernel > images in etch. > > Having read some help pages, I think the following will help me check if > things will break again: > > Change sources.list to testing > > Run apt-get -s update, then run apt-get -s dist-upgrade > > Then if there are no messages about incompatibilities, go ahead and do > the real thing. > > Can someone tell me if this is the right path to take? > > Thanks, > Sam > - -- > Sam Varghese > http://www.gnubies.com > My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFELQd5ZyXhknb+33gRAj1BAJ9AXjqPnQk7ZnHGrKwyuaLypl5UnQCePuJj > V2sXzfmdyw8K+alA8/KCp1k= > =0sse > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Engañarse por amor es el engaño más terrible; es una pérdida eterna para la que no hay compensación ni en el tiempo ni en la eternidad. Kierkegaard Jaime Ochoa Malagón Integrated Technology Tel: (55) 52 54 26 10
