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Re: Testing upgrade breaks printing, mutt and xserver



On Wed 22 Feb 2006 22:24, Bram Mertens wrote:
>> I just upgraded a testing machine and broke many items, including:
>> CUPSYS        gs grinds endlessly on a test page for my HP5550 printer. 
>> I'm using hpijs and                         hplip
>> mutt            I receive send errors
>> xserver.org   This broke my graphics. I ended up reinstalling the 
>> previous xserver package,                          which restored my 
>> graphics. This was particularly difficult because the entire             
>>            system would hang. I ended up booting into recovery mode to 
>> fix this.
>> 
>> The only completely intractable problem is CUPSYS. I don't know whether 
>> the problem is in gs or elsewhere. In top, gs, called by lp, is grinding 
>> constantly. Any insight would be appreciated

When I upgraded from xfree86 to xorg, X refused to start. I had to copy the 
configuration from /etc/X11/XF86Config* to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and then it worked.

--
David Jarvie.



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