[arch-general] Another Major glitch now

G. Schlisio g.schlisio at gmx.de
Sat Jan 28 11:52:28 EST 2012


Am 28.01.2012 17:49, schrieb P NIKOLIC:
> Hi ..
>
> It seems for some strange reason the Hard disk may be full  well the / partition at least si the install may not have completed  now have to think about this one  see if i can resize the / partition i have space on /home  need to shrink that and extend / good fun .. not .
>
> Pete .
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>
> --- On Sat, 28/1/12, G. Schlisio<g.schlisio at gmx.de>  wrote:
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> From: G. Schlisio<g.schlisio at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Another Major glitch now
> To: arch-general at archlinux.org
> Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 16:39
>
> Am 28.01.2012 17:35, schrieb P NIKOLIC:
>> Well it seems no help then     it seems parts are working parts are not  so how do i set about  uninstalling KDE 4.8 and reverting to the previous working version  or is 4.8 the new viersion now if so it has problems
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>> Pete .
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>> --- On Sat, 28/1/12, P NIKOLIC<p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com>   wrote:
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>> From: P NIKOLIC<p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com>
>> Subject: [arch-general] Another Major glitch now
>> To: arch-general at archlinux.org
>> Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 15:43
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>> I have just updated the system  now on kde4.8 but all i get is kmix and a white screen noting else works at all  even that took 12 mins to  come up
>>       (ps the update was a normal pacman -Suy )
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>> Pete   (sent from webamil on the lappy cus main machine is futzed )
> can you drop to a shell? if so, get some internet connection and
> retrieve the old packages from http://arm.konnichi.com/2012/01/26/
> you'll find the kde packages in extra.
> you can just install them with a bit bash-hacking (awk, sed, wget, etc).
> if you want hints, just ask.
>
erm, small advice: there is strong bottom post policy on this list. dont 
make a discussion of ist, happend often enough… just wanted to have said.
your prob:
how about just removing kde, so you get space for repairing it? maybe a
# pacman -Scc
gets you some more free space (emptiing the packege cache)


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