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Package: gnome
Version: 2.30
Severity: critical
I'm not sure which part of Gnome the problem is in, because it is a very
general problem.
I wrote a request for enhancement bug for Gnome about the lack of good
documentation for setting up dual monitors, and I offered to help fix it.
Someone replied that this was because I was using an older version of Gnome
(2.30), but the new one (3) was better. I found that the current stable
version of Debian (Squeeze) uses Gnome 2.30. I asked why this wouldn't be
fixed in 2.30 since I guess if this is the version of Gnome included in the
stable version of Debian, it would help a lot of users to have this info. He
said he knew that more people used Gnome 3 because of his knowledge of
statistics and experience. I should still update Gnome by finding instructions
on a site specific to my distribution. Okay.
So I went here
http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome#task
and followed the instructions
apt-get install aptitude tasksel
tasksel install gnome-desktop --new-install
attempting to upgrade to Gnome 3.
After this, I rebooted and found that it was still Gnome 2.30. Also,
everything was going very slowly, the terminal window took a long time to open,
there were errors like CPU overheated, throttled, Mixerapplet error, inode
errors, etc. I rebooted numerous times with progressively worse results, to
the point that I wondered if it was a problem with the hardware, like the CPU
or fan. I wrote back to this person asking about this problem, but he said he
knew nothing about Debian.
Anyways, it looks like I may have to wipe out my entire system, losing
applications and personal files, and try to reinstall it -- not just Gnome, but
all of Debian Linux. The last thing I am trying was someone else's advice to
do an "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade" to see if any newer packages
solve the problem.
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upgrading between different releases requires a dist-upgrade.
Closing
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