Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-30 Thread Jochen Schulz
D G Teed: > > I wonder if my previous problem was triggered by the > time of day as it was just around midnight. > > I noticed this in the aptitude output: > > Setting up gdm3 (2.30.5-6squeeze3) ... > Scheduling reload of GNOME Display Manager configuration: gdm3. That only means that gdm3 will

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-30 Thread D G Teed
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30/06/11 02:41, D G Teed wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Scott Ferguson > > > > wrote: > > > > > Yes I believe it was during the configurat

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 02:41, D G Teed wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Scott Ferguson > > wrote: > > Yes I believe it was during the configuration stage > it had the X or gdm restart.�� One poster on here referenced > a prompt asking whether it was O

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-29 Thread D G Teed
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes. > > You are the only person I'm aware of reporting an incomplete upgrade. > (I've just checked again this morning) > > Are you absolutely certain the update of the xserver package caused your > upgr

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/06/11 21:23, D G Teed wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Scott Ferguson > > wrote: > > > Opening a vt will do nothing to "protect" any running x-apps. If > concerned about x-apps whilst doing an upgrade - logout of x and login > t

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-28 Thread D G Teed
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Opening a vt will do nothing to "protect" any running x-apps. If > concerned about x-apps whilst doing an upgrade - logout of x and login > to a console then shutdown x. > I'm afraid users could be conf

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
Scott Ferguson: > On 28/06/11 00:54, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> No, dist-upgrades aren't different. > > If you believe that then file a bug report. > > ref: man apt-get Apparently we are talking at cross-purposes, but your quote doesn't refute my claim: apt-get's upgrade and dist-upgrade only d

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/06/11 00:54, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Scott Ferguson: >> > > No, dist-upgrades aren't different. If you believe that then file a bug report. ref: man apt-get upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /e

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread David Hugh McComb
Thank you, Donald, for posting your tip about upgrading in a virtual terminal. It worked. Kind regards, Hugh McComb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.or

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
Scott Ferguson: > > I've never had a desktop (KDE) session crash from an upgrade, > dist-upgrades are different. No, dist-upgrades aren't different. The only difference between aptitude's "safe-upgrade" and "full-upgrade" is that they use different algorithms for dependency resolution. The upgra

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread Claudius Hubig
D G Teed wrote: >If you run Debian on the desktop, note that the current updates >coming down the pipe for 6.0.2 with safe-upgrades >may include an xserver package update (did for me, and >mine was up to date before). > >If you run your safe-upgrade from within an X windows >session, it will cause

Re: Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/06/11 22:27, D G Teed wrote: > If you run Debian on the desktop, note that the current updates > coming down the pipe for 6.0.2 with safe-upgrades > may include an xserver package update (did for me, and > mine was up to date before). > > If you run your safe-upgrade from within an X windows

Debian safe-upgrade to 6.0.2 - don't run within X session

2011-06-27 Thread D G Teed
If you run Debian on the desktop, note that the current updates coming down the pipe for 6.0.2 with safe-upgrades may include an xserver package update (did for me, and mine was up to date before). If you run your safe-upgrade from within an X windows session, it will cause X to restart, interrupt