On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:41:37 -0500
"Wm. Moss" <bill.m.moss@???> wrote:
> Thanks for taking all this time to help. I have tried avoiding getting
> involved with such things as apt and grub, I prefer to play with
> firmware and hardware.
>
> On 1/29/24 15:38, tito via Dng wrote:
> > 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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> >>> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
> >> 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/
>
>
> Note, this exact same method was used to upgrade from ascii to beowulf.
> I had absolutely no problems.
> As far as error messages go, that will have to wait a bit. Considering
> the potential damage to a running system, I have decided to clone the
> boot drive to an SSD and try the upgrade on it.
>
> # parted /dev/sda print
> Model: ATA ST1000DX002-2DV1 (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 1049kB 3220MB 3219MB primary ext4 boot
> 2 3220MB 758GB 755GB primary xfs
> 3 758GB 983GB 224GB primary xfs
> 4 983GB 1000GB 17.6GB primary linux-swap(v1)
>
>
> ==> The relevant section of sources.list used for the upgrade:
>
> # main
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main contrib non-free
>
> # security
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
>
> # updates
> deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free
>
> # backports -- only if absolutely necessary
> # deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main
>
> No preferences. In preferences.d is on file, avoid-systemd.
>
> In sources.list.d, the following files -- none of which I created.
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 249 Apr 10 2022 devuan.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 Oct 14 2021 devuan.list.ascii~
I would start by inspecting and removing this 2 devuan.list files.
Hope this helps.
Ciao,
Tito
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 253 Feb 1 2020 google-chrome.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 373 Nov 8 2019 google-earth-pro.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Sep 20 2022 nodesource.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 380 Aug 15 20:04 virtualbox.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186 Nov 17 2021 vivaldi.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87 Nov 8 09:40 waydroid.list
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166 May 15 2023 winehq-bullseye.sources
>
> >
> >> 8. apt-get update
> >> 9. apt-get upgrade
> > at this point could you run:
> >
> > apt list --upgradable
> Empty -- no files.I use a cron task to check what needs to be upgraded;
> I check once every 2 hours.
>
>
> >
> > 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
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>
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Re: [DNG] beowulf to chimaera
