On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:23, David Paleino wrote: > Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800 > > tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing > > else i need to do? > > That's not sufficient. > > You should also apt-get dist-upgrade. Use with caution though, check what > it tries to remove and prepare to reinstall those packages in case of need. > > Kindly, > David
David, hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing unwittingly many (most?) permissions on the system accordingly. will a dist-upgrade wreck what is left of the system? thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
