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Author: tito
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] beowulf to chimaera
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:08:21 -0500
"Wm. Moss" <bill.m.moss@???> wrote:

> On 1/29/24 01:57, tito via Dng wrote:
> > On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:39:15 -0500
> > "Wm. Moss via Dng" <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> >> I have tried multiple times over the last few months, to upgrade my LAN
> >> server. I keep the LAN server one release back for stability. In fact,
> >> until Devuan, my LAN server ran freeBSD and prior to that, BSD 4.x.
> >>
> >> In any case, I get the same error each time, dbus fails to initialize
> >> after the
> >>     apt-get upgrade
> >> and 'No reboot is called for'.
> >>
> >> I have tried fixing this with 'apt-get --fix-broken upgrade' , 'apt-get
> >> --fix-broken update' and other suggestions from the install and Internet
> >> searches. I can, of course, do a clean install and then spend 100 or so
> >> hours customizing it to serve as the LAN server but this is not supposed
> >> to be necessary.
> >>
> >> System:
> >>
> >> ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
> >> latest firmware
> >> I7 8core Gen 11
> >> 32GiB RAM
> >> Seagate 1TiB 7200RPM SATA/6 boot drive
> >>
> >> Suggestions
> >>
> >> BTW:
> >> Chimaera runs fine on a repurposed Dell 720 I5 quad core work station.
> >>
> >>    --
> >>
> >> William (Bill) Moss
> >> bill.m.moss@???
> >> NY (USA)
> > Hi,
> > the full log of what you are trying to do would be helpful
> > to understand what is going on.
> > When this error pops up do you stop the upgrade,
> > do you revert it or do you leave it half configured?
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Tito
> >
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>
> The upgrade stops all by itself. No new kernel is install and in fact no
> new software is install. I check the version of some of the basic
> applications. For example, 'xfs_repair -V'.
>
> Upgrade procedure ...
>
>  1. Log into a virtual console Via <Alt><Ctrl>><F1>
>  2. Kill all X processes.
>  3. All operations are from the command line of this or another virtual
>     console.
>  4. apt-get update
>  5. apt-get dist-upgrade
>  6. cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.save
>  7. Copy a previously prepared sources.list.chimaera to
>     /etc/apt/sources.list.


Can you post it and all files if any in /etc/apt/preferences /etc/apt/preferences.d /etc/apt/sources.d/

> 8. apt-get update
> 9. apt-get upgrade


at this point could you run:

apt list --upgradable

just to see what the system thinks need to be upgraded.

> After the failure, I change the repositories back to Beowulf.


.... the exact error message would be useful

>  1. apt-get --fix-missing update
>  2. apt-get --fix-missing upgrade
>  3. apt-get update
>  4. apt-get upgrade
>  5. shutdown -h now
>     I find this more reliable than a reboot.
>  6. Start the system.
>  7. As root, in an Xterm ...
>  8. apt-get update
>  9. apt-get dist-upgrade

>
> Everything mostly works fine. Some of the operations in the initrd no
> longer properly support some of my color highlight message calls; these
> can be fixed by recreating the initrd.
>


Ciao,
Tito