LMDE BREAKAGES - (Tracking SID!) -{CLOSED}

[xircon]

The SysV packages have been fixed this morning.

[andrew5859]

Good Morning All;

I don't know where to post this, but when doing a upgrade then attempting to do a dist-upgrade in term, I get this:

andrew@lmde ~ $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
akonadiconsole akregator amor ark blinken blogilo bluedevil bomber bovo cantor cantor-backend-kalgebra
cervisia cvsservice dolphin dragonplayer filelight granatier gwenview jovie juk k4dirstat kaccessible
kaddressbook kalarm kalgebra kalzium kanagram kapman kapptemplate kate katomic kbattleship kblackbox
kblocks kbounce kbreakout kbruch kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kcolorchooser kde-full kde-plasma-desktop
kde-plasma-netbook kde-standard kde-window-manager kdeaccessibility kdeadmin kdeartwork kdebase-apps
kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-dbg kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin
kdebase-workspace-data kdebase-workspace-dbg kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdeedu kdegames kdegames-dbg
kdegraphics kdelibs5-plugins kdemultimedia kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdepasswd kdepim
kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeplasma-addons
kdesdk kdesdk-dolphin-plugins kdesdk-kio-plugins kdesdk-misc kdesudo kdetoys kdeutils kdewebdev kdf
kdiamond kdm kfilereplace kfind kfourinline kgeography kget kgoldrunner kgpg khangman khelpcenter4 kig kigo
killbots kimagemapeditor kinfocenter kiriki kiten kjots kjumpingcube kleopatra klettres klickety klines
klinkstatus klipper kmag kmahjongg kmail kmines kmix kmousetool kmouth kmplot kmtrace knetwalk knode knotes
kolf kollision kolourpaint4 kommander kompare konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole
konsolekalendar kontact kopete korganizer kpartloader kpat kppp krdc kremotecontrol kreversi krfb kruler
kscd kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksirk ksnapshot kspaceduel ksquares kstars ksudoku ksysguard
ksystemlog kteatime ktimer ktimetracker ktouch ktron ktuberling kturtle kubrick kuiviewer kuser
kwalletmanager kwordquiz kwrite libkdepim4 libkopete4 libmessagelist4 libplasma-ruby libplasmaclock4abi1
libsmokekde4-dbg libsmokekdecore4-3 libsmokekdeui4-3 libsmokekfile3 libsmokekhtml3 libsmokekio3
libsmokeknewstuff2-3 libsmokeknewstuff3-3 libsmokekparts3 libsmokektexteditor3 libsmokekutils3
libsmokeplasma3 libtaskmanager4abi1 lokalize lskat marble network-manager-kde okteta okular palapeli parley
plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop plasma-netbook plasma-runners-addons plasma-scriptengine-python
plasma-scriptengine-ruby plasma-scriptengine-superkaramba plasma-scriptengines plasma-widget-lancelot
plasma-widget-networkmanagement plasma-widgets-addons plasma-widgets-workspace polkit-kde-1 python-kde4
rocs ruby-kde4 ruby-plasma step sweeper system-config-printer-kde systemsettings umbrello
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ed kalgebra-common kde-wallpapers kde-wallpapers-default kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdeartwork-theme-icon
ktouch-data libanalitza4 libanalitzagui4 libegl1-mesa libegl1-mesa-drivers libkdeclarative5
libkwineffects1abi2 libmarblewidget12 liboktetakastencontrollers4abi1 libsolidcontrol4abi2
libsolidcontrolifaces4abi2 libtaskmanager4abi2 libvorbisidec1 libx264-118 libx264-120 libxcb-xfixes0
lmodern luatex nuvola-icon-theme tex-common texlive-base texlive-binaries texlive-common texlive-doc-base
texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-luatex
The following packages have been kept back:
foomatic-db-engine vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
The following packages will be upgraded:
ffmpegthumbs freespacenotifier kde-config-cddb kdeedu-kvtml-data kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-dbg
kdenetwork-filesharing kdoctools ksysguardd libavcodec53 libavformat53 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcddb4
libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdecorations4 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4
libkeduvocdocument4 libkemoticons4 libkephal4abi1 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkimproxy4 libkio5
libkiten4 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff2-4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4
libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkprintutils4 libkpty4 libkrosscore4 libkrossui4 libkscreensaver5 libksgrd4
libksignalplotter4 libktexteditor4 libkunitconversion4 libkutils4 libkworkspace4 libnepomuk4
libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libplasma-geolocation-interface4 libplasma3 libplasmagenericshell4
libprocesscore4abi1 libprocessui4a libquicktime2 libsolid4 libthreadweaver4 libweather-ion6 marble-plugins
mplayer plasma-scriptengine-googlegadgets plasma-scriptengine-javascript plasma-scriptengine-webkit
66 upgraded, 33 newly installed, 216 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 318 MB of archives.
After this operation, 856 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
andrew@lmde ~ $

It wanted to remove practically everything so I aborted....guess I'll wait awhile before I install KDE 4.7.2....unles there's a way to do this without having all that being removed.......cheers


Andrew

[xircon]

@Andrew

Read through it, can't see anything obvious, could you use synaptic/mintupdate to isolate which packages are causing the problem? Select them in batches, it will tell you when it has a problem so you can abort.

Steve

[BostonPeng]

I haven't run into any issues getting updates with KDE 4.7.2 on LMDE, but then I've already jettisoned all of the GNOME packages I can safely get rid of so I've managed to avoid most of the "remove almost everything" updates.

(Love that userbar, Andrew. Would you mind if snagged it for my use here?)

[andrew5859]

Sure Boston

[BostonPeng]

Thankee! It will hold me over until I can figure out how to make my own userbar. After I get caught up on some other new laptop tasks, of course. Dear Tux, is there an end to that task list?

[andrew5859]

@Andrew

Read through it, can't see anything obvious, could you use synaptic/mintupdate to isolate which packages are causing the problem? Select them in batches, it will tell you when it has a problem so you can abort.

Steve

xircon.....I was only able to upgrade about 4 or 5 files, the rest involve removing basically the whole kde side of the OS...I've already taken out gdm3, gnome session manager and a few other gnome related files.....from previous warnings kde 4.7.2 could wreek havoc on the system....not real sure on that one though....any thoughts?....cheers


Andrew

[GregE]

xircon.....I was only able to upgrade about 4 or 5 files, the rest involve removing basically the whole kde side of the OS...I've already taken out gdm3, gnome session manager and a few other gnome related files.....from previous warnings kde 4.7.2 could wreek havoc on the system....not real sure on that one though....any thoughts?....cheersAndrew

My guess would be there are still a few unupgraded packages. The 32bit and 64bit repos do not update simultaneously, nor do all the mirrors.

Just wait one or two days and try again.

[andrew5859]

Hey Greg,

Unfortunately, the 4 or 5 files I did upgrade, borked my system on my laptop....it boots fine and goes into the desktop, but the kde crashes and I get that idiot bug reporter box that doesn't work and a blck screen

[zerozero]

@andrew, can you please post the output of

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inxi -r

for sure it will help us/you understand why that havoc in your system;
thank you

[andrew5859]

Hey zz:

Well, it wasn't kde, it was the plasma shell....basically I can't get to anything....I have a black screen.....no desktop background, no nothing except for when I reboot and the existing apps that were running when I restarted, open up and then ask to restore pages...like FF. I don't even have access to dolphin where my files are.....the only thing I see doing right now is re-installing LMDE....nothing else I can do unless someone has a suggestion....cheers


Andrew


BTW, here's the copy of my backtrace on plasma shell:


Application: Plasma Desktop Shell (plasma-desktop), signal: Segmentation fault
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb212a720 (LWP 2139))]

Thread 3 (Thread 0xaf67fb70 (LWP 2140)):
#0 0xb331052f in __pthread_mutex_unlock_usercnt (mutex=0x894b754, decr=0) at pthread_mutex_unlock.c:77
#1 0xb771fc66 in pthread_mutex_unlock (mutex=0x894b754) at forward.c:184
#2 0xb31eb6f7 in g_main_context_check () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0xb31ec0d0 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0xb31ec40a in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0xb653b4d7 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x89bc660, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:424
#6 0xb650c24d in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xaf67f2a0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#7 0xb650c491 in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xaf67f2a0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#8 0xb640f69b in QThread::exec (this=0x8952e48) at thread/qthread.cpp:492
#9 0xb64ecd8d in QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::run (this=0x8952e48) at io/qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp:248
#10 0xb6412503 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x8952e48) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:320
#11 0xb330cc39 in start_thread (arg=0xaf67fb70) at pthread_create.c:304
#12 0xb771296e in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130
Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further

Thread 2 (Thread 0xa83a9b70 (LWP 2151)):
[KCrash Handler]
#7 0xa83d4fc2 in gps_sock_read () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgps.so.20
#8 0xa83d1552 in gps_read () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgps.so.20
#9 0xa841118a in Gpsd::run (this=0x9133b18) at ../../../../../plasma/generic/dataengines/geolocation/location_gps.cpp:55
#10 0xb6412503 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x9133b18) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:320
#11 0xb330cc39 in start_thread (arg=0xa83a9b70) at pthread_create.c:304
#12 0xb771296e in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130
Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb212a720 (LWP 2139)):
#0 0xb7838430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7704f86 in *__GI___poll (fds=0xb779bff4, nfds=1, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87
#2 0xb342d4f0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1
#3 0xb342dafc in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1
#4 0xb342dbb1 in xcb_writev () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1
#5 0xb6ec3510 in _XSend () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#6 0xb6eb7996 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#7 0xb6eb7bc5 in XPutImage () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#8 0xb5b3b71d in QX11PixmapData::fromImage (this=0x8428b68, img=..., flags=...) at image/qpixmap_x11.cpp:612
#9 0xb5b2411f in QPixmap::fromImage (image=..., flags=...) at image/qpixmap.cpp:2059
#10 0xb5b89813 in QPaintEngine::drawImage (this=0x84830e0, r=..., image=..., sr=..., flags=) at painting/qpaintengine.cpp:623
#11 0xb5c61727 in QX11PaintEngine::drawImage (this=0x84830e0, r=..., image=..., sr=..., flags=...) at painting/qpaintengine_x11.cpp:1903
#12 0xb5ba03aa in QPainterPrivate::draw_helper (this=0x90f6fb0, originalPath=..., op=QPainterPrivate::StrokeAndFillDraw) at painting/qpainter.cpp:497
#13 0xb5ba223c in QPainter::drawRects (this=0xbfa62cd8, rects=0x855d0f4, rectCount=1) at painting/qpainter.cpp:3522
#14 0xb3761a51 in drawRect (rect=..., this=0xbfa62cd8) at ../../include/QtGui/../../src/gui/painting/qpainter.h:642
#15 QSvgRect::draw (this=0x855d078, p=0xbfa62cd8, states=...) at qsvggraphics.cpp:258
#16 0xb3783a11 in QSvgG::draw (this=0x855ceb8, p=0xbfa62cd8, states=...) at qsvgstructure.cpp:75
#17 0xb378b55d in QSvgTinyDocument::draw (this=0x856f8a0, p=0xbfa62cd8, id=..., bounds=...) at qsvgtinydocument.cpp:308
#18 0xb378c4ad in QSvgRenderer::render (this=0x854d310, painter=0xbfa62cd8, elementId=..., bounds=...) at qsvgrenderer.cpp:400
#19 0xb74e3ace in Plasma::SvgPrivate::findInCache (this=0x8574128, elementId=..., s=...) at ../../plasma/svg.cpp:363
#20 0xb74e3fff in Plasma::Svg::paint (this=0x859c8c8, painter=0xbfa63330, rect=..., elementID=...) at ../../plasma/svg.cpp:674
#21 0xb74717d6 in Plasma::FrameSvgPrivate::generateFrameBackground (this=0x857c1a0, frame=0x8597928) at ../../plasma/framesvg.cpp:800
#22 0xb7472630 in Plasma::FrameSvgPrivate::generateBackground (this=0x857c1a0, frame=0x8597928) at ../../plasma/framesvg.cpp:679
#23 0xb7473a60 in Plasma::FrameSvgPrivate::generateBackground (this=0x857c1a0, frame=0x8597928) at ../../plasma/framesvg.cpp:659
#24 0xb746ed8b in Plasma::FrameSvgPrivate::alphaMask (this=0x857c1a0) at ../../plasma/framesvg.cpp:602
#25 0xb7476000 in Plasma::FrameSvg::mask (this=0x859c8c8) at ../../plasma/framesvg.cpp:459
#26 0xafa505b6 in Panel::paintInterface (this=0x859c6e8, painter=0xbfa64978, option=0xbfa63898, contentsRect=...) at ../../../../../plasma/desktop/containments/panel/panel.cpp:588
#27 0xb740f9e7 in Plasma::Applet::paint (this=0x859c6e8, painter=0xbfa64978, option=0x84abaf8, widget=0x8414910) at ../../plasma/applet.cpp:1441
#28 0xb60b9f45 in _q_paintItem (item=<optimized out>, painter=0xbfa64978, option=0x84abaf8, widget=0x8414910, useWindowOpacity=true, painterStateProtection=true) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4314
#29 0xb60d2230 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawItemHelper (this=0x84ab9a8, item=0x859c6f0, painter=0xbfa64978, option=0x84abaf8, widget=0x8414910, painterStateProtection=true) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4410
#30 0xb60d4d63 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::draw (this=0x84ab9a8, item=0x859c6f0, painter=0xbfa64978, viewTransform=0xbfa6468c, transformPtr=0xbfa64230, exposedRegion=0x8d9a200, widget=0x8414910, opacity=1, effectTransform=0x0, wasDirtyParentSceneTransform=false, drawItem=true) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4945
#31 0xb60d5a3e in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawSubtreeRecursive (this=0x84ab9a8, item=0x859c6f0, painter=0xbfa64978, viewTransform=0xbfa6468c, exposedRegion=0x8d9a200, widget=0x8414910, parentOpacity=1, effectTransform=0x0) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4836
#32 0xb60d634f in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawItems (this=0x84ab9a8, painter=0xbfa64978, viewTransform=0xbfa6468c, exposedRegion=0x8d9a200, widget=0x8414910) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4718
#33 0xb60f2886 in QGraphicsView::paintEvent (this=0x8db1b00, event=0x1) at graphicsview/qgraphicsview.cpp:3469
#34 0xb77f7df3 in PanelView::paintEvent (this=0x8db1b00, event=0xbfa65054) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/panelview.cpp:1593
#35 0xb5a94cd9 in QWidget::event (this=0x8db1b00, event=0xbfa65054) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:8405
#36 0xb5e95df5 in QFrame::event (this=0x8db1b00, e=0xbfa65054) at widgets/qframe.cpp:557
#37 0xb5f27f31 in QAbstractScrollArea::viewportEvent (this=0x8db1b00, e=0xbfa65054) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp:1043
#38 0xb60f3c3c in QGraphicsView::viewportEvent (this=0x8db1b00, event=0xbfa65054) at graphicsview/qgraphicsview.cpp:2864
#39 0xb5f2a6b6 in viewportEvent (this=<optimized out>, event=0xbfa65054) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea_p.h:100
#40 eventFilter (e=0xbfa65054, this=<optimized out>, o=<optimized out>) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea_p.h:116
#41 QAbstractScrollAreaFilter::eventFilter (this=0x8dd4680, o=0x8414910, e=0xbfa65054) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea_p.h:115
#42 0xb650d3c6 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendThroughObjectEventFilters (this=0x840cfc8, receiver=0x8414910, event=0xbfa65054) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:846
#43 0xb5a3a772 in notify_helper (e=0xbfa65054, receiver=0x8414910, this=0x840cfc8) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4463
#44 QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x840cfc8, receiver=0x8414910, e=0xbfa65054) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4439
#45 0xb5a3fbe8 in QApplication::notify (this=0x840cfc8, receiver=0x8414910, e=0xbfa65054) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4432
#46 0xb6ba3511 in KApplication::notify (this=0x83fe238, receiver=0x8414910, event=0xbfa65054) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:311
#47 0xb650d22e in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x83fe238, receiver=0x8414910, event=0xbfa65054) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:731
#48 0xb5a91a0c in sendSpontaneousEvent (event=<optimized out>, receiver=<optimized out>) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:218
#49 QWidgetPrivate::drawWidget (this=0x8ad56f8, pdev=0x90659fc, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=4, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x848e690) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5492
#50 0xb5a92734 in QWidgetPrivate::paintSiblingsRecursive (this=0x8d99eb0, pdev=0x90659fc, siblings=..., index=<optimized out>, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=4, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x848e690) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5699
#51 0xb5a91768 in QWidgetPrivate::drawWidget (this=0x8d99eb0, pdev=0x90659fc, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=5, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x848e690) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5545
#52 0xb5c7892e in QWidgetBackingStore::sync (this=0x848e690) at painting/qbackingstore.cpp:1333
#53 0xb5c78cbd in QWidgetBackingStore::sync (this=0x848e690, exposedWidget=0x8db1b00, exposedRegion=...) at painting/qbackingstore.cpp:1130
#54 0xb5a87184 in QWidgetPrivate::syncBackingStore (this=0x8d99eb0, region=...) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:1857
#55 0xb5ac333f in QETWidget::translatePaintEvent (this=0x8db1b00, event=0xbfa65ac0) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:5179
#56 0xb5ac3d50 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent (this=0x83fe238, event=0xbfa65ac0) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:3491
#57 0xb5aefb0c in x11EventSourceDispatch (s=0x8410370, callback=0, user_data=0x0) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:146
#58 0xb31eba3f in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#59 0xb31ec170 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#60 0xb31ec40a in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#61 0xb653b477 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x83c01f0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:422
#62 0xb5aef72a in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x83c01f0, flags=...) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:204
#63 0xb650c24d in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xbfa65dc4, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#64 0xb650c491 in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xbfa65dc4, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#65 0xb6510bea in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1008
#66 0xb5a38624 in QApplication::exec () at kernel/qapplication.cpp:3741
#67 0xb77f1d0b in kdemain (argc=1, argv=0xbfa65fd4) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/main.cpp:120
#68 0x0804857b in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfa65fd4) at plasma-desktop_dummy.cpp:3

[michaelzap]

Well, it wasn't kde, it was the plasma shell....basically I can't get to anything....I have a black screen.....no desktop background, no nothing except for when I reboot and the existing apps that were running when I restarted, open up and then ask to restore pages...like FF. I don't even have access to dolphin where my files are.....the only thing I see doing right now is re-installing LMDE....nothing else I can do unless someone has a suggestion....cheers

Well, I'm not running KDE and I haven't investigated your specific problem. But if you're open to general suggestions then I guess I'll offer one. You could hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 and drop into a terminal session and use apt-get to install another desktop environment (XFCE, GNOME, etc.). Then you could reboot and log into the new DE instead of KDE. You could use the system that way for as long as you like, and if you managed to fix KDE at some point you could go back to it. So I guess it would depend on how much you want to preserve your existing system and whether you'd rather just start over with a new KDE installation.

[GregE]

following on from Michael's post ....

sudo aptitude install xfce4

My favourite safety net.



Then from an Xfce desktop open Synaptic and remove any 4.7 KDE files. Update Synaptic and either reinstall 4.6 or just wait and do an install of 4.7 when you can.

You could, very carefully, open up experimental and add 4.7 from there to ensure you get all the bits - but only if you are keen. Do not do any general updates with experimental open.

[andrew5859]

@ Michael & Greg:

Thank you both for your input....while I was waiting for responses, I reinstalled, went with stable, incoming & qt-kde experimental repos.....everything is back up and running, & no issues with anything. All my information previously thought to be wiped, is still here.....didn't lose one file, just a few tweaks to get some programs up to par.....I really appreciate all your input.....cheers


Andrew

[xircon]

This morning's update to xserver-xorg-core is broken and will trash your system.

Google-chrome-unstable is also playing up, freezes my machine for long periods of time, with high disk activity, have dropped back to stable.

Cheers

Steve

[Gerd50]

@Andrew, here comes the backup preacher Backups prevents you from reinstall after a crash. I always recommend
qt4-fsarchiver - http://sourceforge.net/projects/qt4-fsa ... FDebian-6/ - it's very easy to use and fast.
Normally a backup once per week is good. But if there are suspect packages contained in an update, i make a fresh backup
before i install the update.

[xircon]

@Gerd, backs up OK, but I couldn't work out how to restore (as everything was in German), could you write a quick and dirty how-to?

[Gerd50]

Damn, i didn't know it's german only Steve. Yes, i'll write a howto later today.

[xircon]

Cheers Gerd, it is part German, part English. Just updated it and now it will not run Will record a video and post on this post. It was backing up...... but not now.

Video should be available here:
http://youtu.be/SFYgXvfAJ08

Don't think I am doing anything wrong/differently

:Edit2: This version appears to have better translations

:Edit3: Should have run from terminal:

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sudo qt4-fsarchiver
src/oper_save.c#960,filesystem_mount_partition(): partition [/dev/sda6] is mounted read/write. please mount it read-only
and then try again. you can do "mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda6". you can
also run fsarchiver with option '-A' if you know what you are doing.
removed /home/molly2/backup/test-17-12-2011.fsa


[GeneC]

large pack of updates (53) awaiting this morning.

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Commit Log for Sat Dec 17 06:57:07 2011


Upgraded the following packages:
cpp-4.6 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
evolution-data-server (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
evolution-data-server-common (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
g++-4.6 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
gcc-4.6 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
gcc-4.6-base (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
gir1.2-clutter-gst-1.0 (1.4.2-1) to 1.4.4-1
gnome-contacts (3.2.2-1+b1) to 3.2.2-2
gnome-control-center (1:3.2.2-1) to 1:3.2.2-2
gnome-control-center-data (1:3.2.2-1) to 1:3.2.2-2
gnome-online-accounts (3.2.1-2) to 3.2.1-3
gnome-power-manager (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.1-2
gnome-settings-daemon (3.2.2-1) to 3.2.2-2
gnome-shell (3.2.1-7+b1) to 3.2.1-8
gnome-shell-common (3.2.1-7) to 3.2.1-8
gnome-tweak-tool (3.2.2-1) to 3.2.2-2
libass4 (0.10.0-1) to 0.10.0-2
libcairo-gobject2 (1.10.2-6.1) to 1.10.2-6.2
libcairo2 (1.10.2-6.1) to 1.10.2-6.2
libcamel-1.2-29 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libclutter-gst-1.0-0 (1.4.2-1) to 1.4.4-1
libdesktop-agnostic-cfg-gconf (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
libdesktop-agnostic-data (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
libdesktop-agnostic-fdo-gio (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
libdesktop-agnostic-vfs-gio (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
libdesktop-agnostic0 (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
libebackend-1.2-1 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libebook-1.2-12 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libecal-1.2-10 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libedata-book-1.2-11 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libedata-cal-1.2-13 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libedataserver-1.2-15 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libedataserverui-3.0-1 (3.2.1-1) to 3.2.2-1
libevolution (3.2.1-1+b1) to 3.2.2-1
libgcc1 (1:4.6.2-7) to 1:4.6.2-8
libgdata-common (0.8.1-2) to 0.10.1-2
libgdata13 (0.10.1-1) to 0.10.1-2
libgfortran3 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
libgnome-control-center1 (1:3.2.2-1) to 1:3.2.2-2
libgoa-1.0-0 (3.2.1-2) to 3.2.1-3
libgoa-1.0-common (3.2.1-2) to 3.2.1-3
libgomp1 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
libgtkhtml-4.0-0 (4.2.1-1) to 4.2.2-1
libgtkhtml-4.0-common (4.2.1-1) to 4.2.2-1
libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0 (4.2.1-1) to 4.2.2-1
libpciaccess0 (0.12.1-2) to 0.12.902-1
libquadmath0 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
libsepol1 (2.1.0-1.1) to 2.1.0-1.2
libstdc++6 (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
libstdc++6-4.6-dev (4.6.2-7) to 4.6.2-8
libtracker-sparql-0.12-0 (0.12.8-1) to 0.12.9-1
python-desktop-agnostic (0.3.92-2) to 0.3.92-3
x11proto-input-dev (2.0.2-2) to 2.1-1


Unlike Steve (I had xorg yesterday, had to reinstall Nvidia with smxi), everything went fine, and no problems.
LMDE-Gnome/MATE 64bit, Nvidia, Liquorix