On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >apt-cache policy shows that xserver-xorg and x11-common just went to > >7.0.10 today (I upgraded yesterday morning) so this is sure to generate > >a lot of mail... > > > > > I ran Debian Etch for some months, but about two weeks ago I decided to > switch to Sid. This morning I realized I had negected to install a > little app I use from time to time, so I tried to install it and > aptitude complained about a missing package. Oops, better do an update > first. Ok, may as well do an upgrade. > > ...What's this? xserver-xorg is going to be *removed*? All these new > xserver hyphenated files are going to be installed? Oh no, this is the > ... MODULAR X. Before I could stop myself, I hit "g," then hit it > again. Crap. Should I abort? This day has just been shot to hell, I > think. > > Down the packages come, slowly (second time in a row I've had a lousy > transfer rate ... gonna have to check into that). I'm thinking, who do try apt-spy. works great for me. > you think you are, running Sid!? You're barely more than a newb. Why > oh why didn't you do a backup yesterday? Why oh why didn't you check > the mailing list before upgrading? I assemble all the hardware manuals > and docs I can get my hands on, nervously watching the screen. > > Half-an-hour of self-flagellation later, the downloads finish and I wait > for the endless configuration questions. I get only one message, about > a new kernel image that's the same as the old kernel image, and telling > me I need to reboot. I shut down, and take a shower. Do some breathing > exercises. Make some more coffee. > > I push the power button. Up comes grub. The boot process starts. I > see one vague warning about some true type fonts flash by. Up comes > gdm. No blinking and crashing. I enter my username and password. Up > comes Gnome. It looks normal. I launch by browser. Up comes my > homepage, looking normal. I launch my audio player. I have sound. I > try some of my keyboard shortcuts. They work. I check the X log for > errors. There are none. > > I collapse on the floor in a heap of nervous exhaustion. > > I am in awe of Debian development and developers. :-) weee... A > > -- > Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA > "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of > absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." > --S. Jackson > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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