Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu
Tony / Dave Thanks for the responses. Doesn't look as though it's a Ubuntu problem, but a Gnome one. So I'm going to hang fire on the downgrade for a fortnight or so, and use the work arounds provided and see what happens. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 26 October 2007 18:38 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu Dave Walker wrote: > [...] > Downgrading Ubuntu is widely agreed that it's not a good idea. However, > if Gutsy's really not working out backup at least "/etc" "/home"; then > if it isn't successful at least you can perform a fresh install of > Feisty (my recommended first choice). Hello, Dave. Upsetting users by taking the systems down and re-installing them from scratch isn't a good idea either. I guess it depends on the situation you're in... I forgot to mention to Ian about editing /etc/sources.list (of course). Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu
Dave Walker wrote: > [...] > Downgrading Ubuntu is widely agreed that it's not a good idea. However, > if Gutsy's really not working out backup at least "/etc" "/home"; then > if it isn't successful at least you can perform a fresh install of > Feisty (my recommended first choice). Hello, Dave. Upsetting users by taking the systems down and re-installing them from scratch isn't a good idea either. I guess it depends on the situation you're in... I forgot to mention to Ian about editing /etc/sources.list (of course). Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 23:05 +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > All > > > > Having upgraded to Gutsy through Update Manager and established that a > > number of the ATSPI packages are somewhat flakey, I'd like to revert back to > > 7.04 until things stableise. > > > > Is this an easy thing to do without doing a total re-install? > > Hello, Ian. > > I used this script to automatically downgrade packages after I decided > not to use the Dapper 'backports' repository. You'll need to install > "apt-show-versions", and change the script for "feisty". > > Best wishes, > Hi Ian, Downgrading Ubuntu is widely agreed that it's not a good idea. However, if Gutsy's really not working out backup at least "/etc" "/home"; then if it isn't successful at least you can perform a fresh install of Feisty (my recommended first choice). There was a "question" on launchpad raised recently on this subject: https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/15631 Hope this helps. Kind Regards, Dave Walker signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu
Ian Pascoe wrote: > All > > Having upgraded to Gutsy through Update Manager and established that a > number of the ATSPI packages are somewhat flakey, I'd like to revert back to > 7.04 until things stableise. > > Is this an easy thing to do without doing a total re-install? Hello, Ian. I used this script to automatically downgrade packages after I decided not to use the Dapper 'backports' repository. You'll need to install "apt-show-versions", and change the script for "feisty". Best wishes, Tony. - cut here - cut here - cut here - #!/bin/sh # @(#)downgrade.sh 2007-07-08 A.J.Travis # # Downgrade versions of packages newer than in archive # TMP=/tmp/downgrade.$$ if [ $USER != "root" ]; then echo "downgrade: Only root can do this" exit 1 fi apt-show-versions -i apt-show-versions | fgrep 'newer than version in archive' | cut -d' ' -f 1 >$TMP if [ -s $TMP ]; then apt-show-versions -a | fgrep -f $TMP | grep dapper$ | sed -e 's/\t/=/;s/\t.*$//' | xargs aptitude install fi rm $TMP - cut here - cut here - cut here - -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Downgrading Ubuntu
All Having upgraded to Gutsy through Update Manager and established that a number of the ATSPI packages are somewhat flakey, I'd like to revert back to 7.04 until things stableise. Is this an easy thing to do without doing a total re-install? E -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
