[arch-general] Updated tree years old archlinux
Hi, during the last days I updated my old notebook. It wasn't updated since 2007. So you can imagine that the latest switch from tar.gz to tar.xz was a little problem. But a manual installation of the necessary packages and some rude untaring directly in / gave me the ability to update the whole system with pacman again. :-) That's awesome. However, some configs are borked, X refuses to start and booting won't work anymore due to some problems with the right rootfstype. That doesn't matter, because I don't need that notebook any more - it was simply amazing to see it getting updated. :-) -- Gruß, Johannes
On 15 August 2010 19:14, Johannes Held <mail@hehejo.de> wrote:
Hi,
during the last days I updated my old notebook. It wasn't updated since 2007. So you can imagine that the latest switch from tar.gz to tar.xz was a little problem. But a manual installation of the necessary packages and some rude untaring directly in / gave me the ability to update the whole system with pacman again. :-) That's awesome.
However, some configs are borked, X refuses to start and booting won't work anymore due to some problems with the right rootfstype. That doesn't matter, because I don't need that notebook any more - it was simply amazing to see it getting updated. :-)
I'm really interested in cases like this =p 1) remove any xorg.conf that you have 2) edit mkinitcpio.conf for a 'full' image 3) grub-install (ensure menu.lst or grub.cfg is correct) Tell us if you're able to revive it. -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD
1) remove any xorg.conf that you have I did that before reboot. Xorg still didn't find any screens. The reason for
Ray Rashif <schivmeister@gmail.com>: that, might be an outdated driver still loaded - thus the reboot.
2) edit mkinitcpio.conf for a 'full' image I'd miss that one. -.-
I'll give it another try. But you'll have to wait until end of week. The notebook is at my parent's house. -- Gruß, Johannes http://hehejo.de
On 08/15/2010 06:14 AM, Johannes Held wrote:
Hi,
during the last days I updated my old notebook. It wasn't updated since 2007. So you can imagine that the latest switch from tar.gz to tar.xz was a little problem. But a manual installation of the necessary packages and some rude untaring directly in / gave me the ability to update the whole system with pacman again. :-) That's awesome.
However, some configs are borked, X refuses to start and booting won't work anymore due to some problems with the right rootfstype. That doesn't matter, because I don't need that notebook any more - it was simply amazing to see it getting updated. :-)
-- Gruß, Johannes
Johannes, Also, if Ray's suggestions don't fix the problem, go get the 3.6.35.2-1 kernel from testing. On my 2007 Toshiba laptop, 2.6.34 would only boot once after the creation of the initramfs and then X was messed up causing compiz to whitescreen. All subsequent boots would hardlock. It all seems fixed in 2.6.35 so it is worth a try for your X problem. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
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David C. Rankin
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Johannes Held
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Ray Rashif