On 19-Apr-99 Richard Braakman wrote: > Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> I student of mine told me, that he had to reinstall his system after >> trying to upgrade it from an xterm (after that he read, that >> upgrading should be done from console). > > I always upgrade from an xterm, I've never had any problems with it. > I suspect your student had his xdm killed while upgrading. This > only happens if you upgrade from pre-Overfiend versions. > > Why did he have to reinstall his system? Simply restarting the upgrade > from a console should have worked. > >> Maybe it would be worth to check to TERM variable and upgrade only, if it is >> not xterm, etc. > > That would be inconvenient. >
Indeed, I never leave X. I occasionally have to restart X (when new X servers come out) but beond that, no problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
