Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 03 iul 11, 14:04:21, Curt wrote: > > What's wrong with just doing "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" first, thus > rendering the whole question of NM dropping the connection or not moot. > > Or am I missing something? Yes, network-manager is not restarted during package download, but during packa

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:29:12 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> Or is there some devious trick I'm missing?  Will an ssh connection >>> from another machine survive the upg

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:04:21 +, Curt wrote: > On 2011-07-02, Camaleón wrote: >> >> And of course, warning about NM can leave the system disconnected is a >> very good point (I didn't know NM can take that path...), so in the >> evnt this can happen and the OP is using NM, he can just turn it

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-03 Thread Curt
On 2011-07-02, Camaleón wrote: > > And of course, warning about NM can leave the system disconnected is a > very good point (I didn't know NM can take that path...), so in the evnt > this can happen and the OP is using NM, he can just turn it off before > doing the upgrade and turn it on aftwew

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > (...) > >> Or is there some devious trick I'm missing?  Will an ssh connection from >> another machine survive the upgrade process, for example? > > Yes, I would try that way. > > Given yo

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:34:46 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > (However, sshing in to upgrade a system running network manager does > indeed not work; while I feel it's a serious bug the bug report about > that has still not been dealt with sadly.) > Maybe I missed it, but it doesn't even appear to b

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Joey Hess
Hendrik Boom wrote: > But I'm stuck. The next step is to issue > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > but I can't figure out where to type this in. I can log in using gdm, > but terminals found there may expire during the upgrade, leaving > everything in an inconsistent state. Debian takes care to kee

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:16:54 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:54:02 +, Curt wrote: > >> On 2011-07-02, Camaleón wrote: Let’s just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. >>> >>> A notebook or a portable system is more inclided to be an indicator >

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:54:02 +, Curt wrote: > On 2011-07-02, Camaleón wrote: >>> >>> Let’s just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. >> >> A notebook or a portable system is more inclided to be an indicator for >> NM presence but not a DE or a display manager :-) >> >>

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-02 Thread Curt
On 2011-07-02, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Let’s just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. > > A notebook or a portable system is more inclided to be an indicator for > NM presence but not a DE or a display manager :-) > > I disable NM in all of my workstations that run GNOME. B

Re: NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:01:18 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >>I run GDM and NM is off :-) > > Let’s just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. A notebook or a portable system is more inclided to be an indicator for NM presence but not a DE or a display mana

NetworkManager (was: Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze)

2011-07-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
Camaleón wrote: >I run GDM and NM is off :-) Let’s just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. >But I take your point: if NM is not even capable of surviving from a >remote ssh session then here you have a very good reason to disable it >ASAP. It ‘simply’ drops all network

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:13:22 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >>On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >>(...) >> >>> Or is there some devious trick I'm missing? Will an ssh connection >>> from another machine survive the upgrade process, for example? >> >>Yes,

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread lee
Claudius Hubig writes: > If you absolutely have to use an SSH connection, install screen > beforehand and run the upgrade from inside screen, so it can continue > when the connection drops. You can also use screen in a terminal in an X session. It will survive quitting X, and you can reattach t

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
Camaleón wrote: >On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >(...) > >> Or is there some devious trick I'm missing? Will an ssh connection from >> another machine survive the upgrade process, for example? > >Yes, I would try that way. > >Given your current situation I'd say a SSH

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:14:12 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 07/02/11 at 01:47am, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> I'm in the middle of the upgrade from lenny to squeeze. I have a >> partially working system. I've been following the instruction ins the >> release notes, >> http://www.debian.org/rel

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: (...) > Or is there some devious trick I'm missing? Will an ssh connection from > another machine survive the upgrade process, for example? Yes, I would try that way. Given your current situation I'd say a SSH session would be more than

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:54:39 -0500, Brian Ryans wrote: > Quoting Hendrik Boom on 2011-07-01 20:47: >> And I can't use cntl-alt-F1 to get a text console, because all I get is >> a blank black screen. Is gdm taking over the text consoles and >> disallowing them? How do I get my text consoles back

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-02 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/02/11 at 01:47am, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm in the middle of the upgrade from lenny to squeeze. I have a > partially working system. I've been following the instruction ins the > release notes, http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ > ch-upgrading.en.html and I've g

Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze

2011-07-01 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting Hendrik Boom on 2011-07-01 20:47: > And I can't use cntl-alt-F1 to get a text console, because all I get is a > blank black screen. Is gdm taking over the text consoles and disallowing > them? How do I get my text consoles back so I can proceed with the rest > of the upgrade? Try ctr