Re: Disaster: apt-get upgrade broke X!
Noticed I forgot to mention the other bit of advice. You might just give it a few hours (all my machines are at work so I have to wait to go home and fix my home box) and then do a apt-get dist-upgrade again. I'm sure the developers are fixing this even as we speak. BTW thanks for the list of packages. -- Original Message -- From: "Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:52:28 -0700 >I saw the same thing this morning. I also noticed that it is going >to 4.0.2 :) It should rock once I get it to work. On a releated >note does anyone know of where one could maybe get .debs of the >Nvidia drivers and if not any advice from anyone who has installed >them? Thanks much. >-- Original Message -- >From: Rob VanFleet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:10:39 -0600 > >>On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:03:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: >>> On 29 Jan 2001, Rob VanFleet wrote: >>> > I just managed to make it through the X upgrade in testing, > >so I might >>> > be able to help you prevent a downgrade to Potato (which is > >probably >>> > more of a pain than fixing X). What sort of problems are you > >having? I >>> > noticed that the upgrade doesn't get all the packages one > >needs, so you >>> > need to apt-get them on your own. >>> > >>> > -ROb >>> > >>[ private correspondence omitted ] >> >>startx was missing for me as well. You need to get the > >'xbase-clients' >>package. You might also want to install xfonts-base, > >xfonts-75dpi, and >>xfonts-100dpi as they were all missing from my upgrade. Without >>xfonts-base, X will refuse to start. >> >>HTH >> >>-Rob >> >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Disaster: apt-get upgrade broke X!
I saw the same thing this morning. I also noticed that it is going to 4.0.2 :) It should rock once I get it to work. On a releated note does anyone know of where one could maybe get .debs of the Nvidia drivers and if not any advice from anyone who has installed them? Thanks much. -- Original Message -- From: Rob VanFleet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:10:39 -0600 >On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:03:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> On 29 Jan 2001, Rob VanFleet wrote: >> > I just managed to make it through the X upgrade in testing, so I might >> > be able to help you prevent a downgrade to Potato (which is probably >> > more of a pain than fixing X). What sort of problems are you having? I >> > noticed that the upgrade doesn't get all the packages one needs, so you >> > need to apt-get them on your own. >> > >> > -ROb >> > >[ private correspondence omitted ] > >startx was missing for me as well. You need to get the 'xbase-clients' >package. You might also want to install xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi, and >xfonts-100dpi as they were all missing from my upgrade. Without >xfonts-base, X will refuse to start. > >HTH > >-Rob > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Disaster: apt-get upgrade broke X!
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:03:59PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 29 Jan 2001, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > I just managed to make it through the X upgrade in testing, so I might > > be able to help you prevent a downgrade to Potato (which is probably > > more of a pain than fixing X). What sort of problems are you having? I > > noticed that the upgrade doesn't get all the packages one needs, so you > > need to apt-get them on your own. > > > > -ROb > > [ private correspondence omitted ] startx was missing for me as well. You need to get the 'xbase-clients' package. You might also want to install xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi, and xfonts-100dpi as they were all missing from my upgrade. Without xfonts-base, X will refuse to start. HTH -Rob
Re: Disaster: apt-get upgrade broke X!
I just managed to make it through the X upgrade in testing, so I might be able to help you prevent a downgrade to Potato (which is probably more of a pain than fixing X). What sort of problems are you having? I noticed that the upgrade doesn't get all the packages one needs, so you need to apt-get them on your own. -ROb On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 12:07:16PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've been tracking the upgrades in Woody for about 2 months using > apt-get without problems, but today it tried to upgrade X and > it's broken it so that X won't work at all. > > Question: how can I start again and reinstall everything from > potato? > > Anthony > > -- > Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian (Windows-free zone) > Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ > Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ > > "The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the > palpably absurd. It is the chief occupation of mankind." - H.L. Mencken > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disaster: apt-get upgrade broke X!
I've been tracking the upgrades in Woody for about 2 months using apt-get without problems, but today it tried to upgrade X and it's broken it so that X won't work at all. Question: how can I start again and reinstall everything from potato? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably absurd. It is the chief occupation of mankind." - H.L. Mencken
