Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:23:06 -0400 Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:26 AM, The Wanderer > wrote: > > On 08/10/2014 10:15 AM, Tom H wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, The Wanderer > >> wrote: > >>> On 08/10/2014 09:26 AM, Tom H wrote: > > halt/poweroff/reboot have ca

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:26 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 08/10/2014 10:15 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, The Wanderer >> wrote: >>> On 08/10/2014 09:26 AM, Tom H wrote: halt/poweroff/reboot have called shutdown at least since 6/squeeze. >>> >>> Ah, so that m

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/10/2014 10:15 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, The Wanderer > wrote: > >> On 08/10/2014 09:26 AM, Tom H wrote: >>> halt/poweroff/reboot have called shutdown at least since >>> 6/squeeze. >> >> Ah, so that may be a Debian

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 08/10/2014 09:26 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, The Wanderer >> wrote: >>> On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in runlevel 0 or 6, in other

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/10/2014 09:26 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, The Wanderer > wrote: > >> On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >>> If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in runlevel >>> 0 or 6, in other words when

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:45:04 + Bonno Bloksma sent: > Charlie: According to the man pages all 3, halt, poweroff and reboot, > use the shutdown command to perform the necessary steps when not > starting in runlevel 0 or 6, which is pretty much always. So it is > really weird that in your case po

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >> >> Charlie: According to the man pages all 3, halt, poweroff and reboot, >> use the shutdown command to perform the necessary steps when not >> starting in runlevel 0 or 6, which is pretty much a

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/10/2014 09:12 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2014-08-10 14:46 +0200, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >> >>> - >>> If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in runlevel >>> 0 or 6, in oth

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-08-10 14:46 +0200, The Wanderer wrote: > On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > >> - >> If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in runlevel 0 >> or 6, in other words when it's running normally, shutdown will be >> invoked instead (with the -h or -r flag). For

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-10 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/10/2014 02:45 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Wanderer: While using Wheezy starting to use poweroff is the proper > way to migrate from halt. But I do agree, it might have been a good > idea to communicate this in a better way. That's Debian-speci

RE: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-09 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, > On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:46:51 + Rodolfo Medina sent: > > > >> I've always used `halt' to shutdown the machine. Is `poweroff' >> proper to do that? >> >> Rodolfo > > poweroff doesn't work for me, but I tried it as root, next time I use it I > will try it as user and see if it works th

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-09 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:46:51 + Rodolfo Medina sent: > I've always used `halt' to shutdown the machine. Is `poweroff' > proper to do that? > > Rodolfo poweroff doesn't work for me, but I tried it as root, next time I use it I will try it as user and see if it works then. shutdown now does

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-09 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/08/2014 03:51 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi Rodolfo, > >> Two days ago, after full-upgrade, as explained, it was impossible >> to boot neither to reboot and I had to unplug the machine. Thanks >> to lister's help, the above commands through

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-09 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 13:20:40 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > Boot into the OS on sda6. Read the documentation for the version of grub >> > on it, Try 'grub-install /dev/sda'. >> >> Thanks. The last command (grub-install /dev/sda) succeded in putting s

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-09 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Bonno Bloksma writes: > Hi Rodolfo, > >> Two days ago, after full-upgrade, as explained, it was impossible to boot >> neither to reboot and I had to unplug the machine. Thanks to lister's help, >> the above commands through debian-installer in rescue mode managed to repair >> the system. But no

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Brian
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 13:20:40 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > Boot into the OS on sda6. Read the documentation for the version of grub > > on it, Try 'grub-install /dev/sda'. > > Thanks. The last command (grub-install /dev/sda) succeded in putting sda6 in > master boot reco

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 07:25:19 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> 2) I don't manage to move boot partition from sda7 (Sid) to sda6 >> (oldstable): the commands >> >> # grub >> grub > root (hd0,5) >> grub > setup (hd0) >> grub > quit > > Your prompt is for GRUB. T

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Brian
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 at 07:25:19 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > 2) I don't manage to move boot partition from sda7 (Sid) to sda6 (oldstable): > the commands > > # grub > grub > root (hd0,5) > grub > setup (hd0) > grub > quit Your prompt is for GRUB. The commands seem to be GRU

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 07:51:04 + Bonno Bloksma sent: > Don't shutdown with the halt(8) command, it is not supposed to power > off the machine, and the systemd maintainers consider it a bug[1] > that the sysvinit implementation does it anyway. Use the poweroff > command instead. I found that, th

RE: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Rodolfo, > Two days ago, after full-upgrade, as explained, it was impossible to boot > neither to reboot and I had to > unplug the machine. Thanks to lister's help, the above commands through > debian-installer in rescue mode > managed to repair the system. But now two problems still remain

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-08 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 06/08/14 09:33 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all. > > My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. Brian writes: > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote: > >> At the prompt issue the commands >> >grub-install /dev/sda > >update-grub > >exit > > Then re

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote: > >> At the prompt issue the commands >> >> grub-install /dev/sda >> >> update-grub >> >> reboot > > Forget the last line. > >grub-install /dev/sda > >update-grub > >exit > > Then reboot. All right, it worke

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 13:14:35 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > >> At the prompt issue the commands > >> > >> grub-install /dev/sda > >> > >> update-grub > >> > >> reboot > > > > Forget the last line. > > > >

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote: > >> At the prompt issue the commands >> >> grub-install /dev/sda >> >> update-grub >> >> reboot > > Forget the last line. > >grub-install /dev/sda > >update-grub > >exit > > Then reboot. When I do `grub-ins

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote: > At the prompt issue the commands > > grub-install /dev/sda > > update-grub > > reboot Forget the last line. grub-install /dev/sda update-grub exit Then reboot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debia

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Bob Proulx writes: > Gary Dale wrote: >> Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. At booting, I >> >read > > Sid is the unstable child... > >> To get back into your system, you can try booting from a Linux CD (system >> rescue CD, for example) and try

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 6 Aug 2014 20:10 +, from rodolfo.med...@gmail.com (Rodolfo Medina): `After this message, you will be given a shell with /dfev/sda7 mounted on "/"...' I press enter, and it gets back to the previous: `Execute a shell in /dev/sda7'. I press enter, and again to `Aft

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Brian
On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 20:10:24 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > > > Brian writes: > > > >> Never seen that behaviour. Is /dev/sda7 where you have your root file > >> system? Are you using the Wheezy installer? > > > > Well, no, I'm using Lenny installer. > > > > Rodolfo

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > Brian writes: > > N> On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 17:04:55 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> Bob Proulx writes: >>> >>> > Then eventually it will get to a menu "Enter rescue mode" that will >>> > ask what device to use as a root file system. It will list the >>> > partitio

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: N> On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 17:04:55 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Bob Proulx writes: >> >> > Then eventually it will get to a menu "Enter rescue mode" that will >> > ask what device to use as a root file system. It will list the >> > partitions that it has automatically detecte

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Brian
On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 17:04:55 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > > Then eventually it will get to a menu "Enter rescue mode" that will > > ask what device to use as a root file system. It will list the > > partitions that it has automatically detected. (If you have raid or

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Bob Proulx writes: > Gary Dale wrote: >> Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. At booting, I >> >read > > Sid is the unstable child... > >> To get back into your system, you can try booting from a Linux CD (system >> rescue CD, for example) and try

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Gary Dale wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. At booting, I > >read Sid is the unstable child... > To get back into your system, you can try booting from a Linux CD (system > rescue CD, for example) and trying to debug from there. For ex

Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Gary Dale
On 06/08/14 09:33 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all. My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. At booting, I read Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 Could that message provide any suggestion for what has happened and how to fix it? I have no idea what to do. T

System broken after full-upgrade: please help!

2014-08-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all. My Debian Sid box won't restart after today's full-upgrade. At booting, I read Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 Could that message provide any suggestion for what has happened and how to fix it? I have no idea what to do. Thanks in advance for any help, Rodolfo -- T