I had to use the conflict resolutioni tool of aptitude after an "apt-get
full-upgrade". Python was the main cause of this behaviour but also external
packages from non-standard repositories. Except this, all of the upgrade went
well, from a devuan that also runs since ascii.
Thanks a lot!
Maxime
package sources.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 07:56:47AM -0400, . via Dng wrote:
> On 10/17/21 07:48, terryc wrote:
> > > I'm sorry to report that I tried a dist-upgrade from devuan beowulf
> > > with KDE on an older machine. The result was a system with a
> > > nonfunctional window manager and messed-up display resolution, and no
> > > working Ethernet connection (and no wifi hardware).
> > AFAIK, that isn't the way you are supposed to do it.
> >
> > Under beowulf; I did
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > reboot
>
> Hmmm. I edited /etc/apt/sources.lst to use chimaera debs first, under
> beowulf, then did the above sequence.
>
> > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to change beowulf to chimaera
> > I actually copy and date the deb lines and edit version to chimaera and
> > comment out the beowulf lines so there is a history record.
> >
> > Them with chimaera in the /etc/apt/sources.list
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > reboot and repeat;
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > rebbot.
>
> Well, it can't hurt to try another update/upgrade cycle; I had a konsole
> open during the last reboot and it was restored, so I can do command-line
> things (and what else could I possibly need :-) If that doesn't fix things
> up then it's nuke-and-repave time.
>
> -bobmon
>
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