On Wednesday 12 March 2003 03:30 pm, you wrote: > Ok, so I'm getting ready to install the glibc22 binaries from the ftp > site, but before I do that I just thought I should ask: > > Can anyone summarize (or even better, list in excruciating detail) the > steps required to go back to my current version of X (4.3rc2) if the new > install is more problematic than the current install?
I'll take a stab at it. To save the current state of just the X11 distribution: su - (password) cd / tar cvfz /root/X11-backup.tgz usr/X11R6 etc/X11 To restore the saved state: su - (password) cd / rm -rf /usr/X11R6 /etc/X11 tar xvfz /root/X11-backup.tgz I'm assuming your X11 distribution is placed in /usr/X11R6, with the config files in /etc/X11. If there are other trees to be saved and restored, add them to the 'tar cvfz' and 'rm -rf' commands. This method also completely ignores the sysadmin aspect (RPM/DEB management and tracking, etc.) You'll want to be sure /root has enough space to hold the tgz. You can really put the tgz file on any disk/directory that has enough space. Remember, your mileage may well vary! Fester _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
