Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-05 Thread Shaya Potter
On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Chris Fearnley wrote: > 'Bruce Perens wrote:' > > > >Use "dpkg --force-downgrade package-name.deb", I think. I haven't tried it. > > Use -i instead of --force-downgrade. I wouldn't recommend --force > anything in general. One of the big wins IMO of dpkg over rpm is that > dp

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-05 Thread Mark Lowes
The entity claiming to be Chris Fearnley wrote... > 'Bruce Perens wrote:' > >Use "dpkg --force-downgrade package-name.deb", I think. I haven't tried it. > > Use -i instead of --force-downgrade. I wouldn't recommend --force -i worked a dream last night and things a lot more stable now. :) -- Ma

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-05 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Bruce Perens wrote:' > >Use "dpkg --force-downgrade package-name.deb", I think. I haven't tried it. Use -i instead of --force-downgrade. I wouldn't recommend --force anything in general. One of the big wins IMO of dpkg over rpm is that dpkg -i supports downgrading. -- Christopher J. Fearnley

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-04 Thread Tom Lees
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > I think modules-2.0.0-14.deb has been withdrawn. -13 is in "frozen" now. > We have modules 2.1.8-1.deb in "unstable", but that may depend on the > currently-shaky 2.1.x kernel. We should upgrade to modules-2.1.13 - works w

Stable unstability (was Re: modules 2.0.0-14)

1996-12-02 Thread Eloy A. Paris
At 12:17 PM 12/1/96 -0600, you wrote: >>modules 2.0.0-14 has destroyed my System. Every attempt to install a >>module has created a kernel Oops. I had to build a new kernel with all >>needed drivers linked in. Downgrading to modules 2.0.0-13 solved this >>Problem. >&g

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Martin Konold
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote: I just did the downgrade to 2.0.0-13. Everything is working again. Thanks for your help. Yours, -- martin // Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany // // Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Linux - because reboots ar

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
Martin Konold writes: -> This leads to the question how to downgrade with dselect? dselect won't downgrade a package. You need to use dpkg by hand. Just download the .deb file, and do a dpkg -i .deb. It'll warn you that you're downgrading the package, but it won't hurt anything (unless something

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Martin Konold
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Paul Seelig wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Martin Konold wrote: > > This leads to the question how to downgrade with dselect? > > > Why not use dpkg for this uncommon job? Thanks for the tip to you and Bruce. Actually I do not think that this is a so much uncommon job. Not ever

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Martin Konold
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > I think modules-2.0.0-14.deb has been withdrawn. -13 is in "frozen" now. > We have modules 2.1.8-1.deb in "unstable", but that may depend on the > currently-shaky 2.1.x kernel. This leads to the question how to downgrade wi

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Bruce Perens
I think modules-2.0.0-14.deb has been withdrawn. -13 is in "frozen" now. We have modules 2.1.8-1.deb in "unstable", but that may depend on the currently-shaky 2.1.x kernel. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Martin Gallant
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nils Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hallo, > >modules 2.0.0-14 has destroyed my System. Every attempt to install a >module has created a kernel Oops. I had to build a new kernel with all >needed drivers linked in. Downgrading to m

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread joost witteveen
> > On 1 Dec 1996, Nils Naumann wrote: > > > Hallo, > > > > modules 2.0.0-14 has destroyed my System. Every attempt to install a > > module has created a kernel Oops. I had to build a new kernel with all > > needed drivers linked in. Downgrading to m

Re: modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Martin Konold
On 1 Dec 1996, Nils Naumann wrote: > Hallo, > > modules 2.0.0-14 has destroyed my System. Every attempt to install a > module has created a kernel Oops. I had to build a new kernel with all > needed drivers linked in. Downgrading to modules 2.0.0-13 solved this > Problem. Sa

modules 2.0.0-14

1996-12-01 Thread Nils Naumann
Hallo, modules 2.0.0-14 has destroyed my System. Every attempt to install a module has created a kernel Oops. I had to build a new kernel with all needed drivers linked in. Downgrading to modules 2.0.0-13 solved this Problem. I'm running a Debian 1.1.x System with some parts of Debian f