Re: Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP

2013-07-02 Thread Charles Blair
A great big THANK YOU for all the help with my python upgrade mistakes. (1) When plugged into a nearby ethernet connection (of course very lucky that there is one), I got connected immediately. From /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network

Re: Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP

2013-07-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Charles Blair wrote: (1) When plugged into a nearby ethernet connection (of course very lucky that there is one), I got connected immediately. From /etc/network/interfaces Yay! allow-hotplug eth0 #NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp Since it is commented out then NetworkManager will

Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP!

2013-07-01 Thread Charles Blair
I am running debian 6.0.6 on a Toshiba laptop that is approximately two years old. The command python --version reported 2.6.x. I wanted to upgrade to 3.3.2, so I did the following things, some of which were apparently mistakes. (1) I downloaded the .tgz for 3.3.2. from python.org, typed

Re: Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP!

2013-07-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Charles Blair wrote: I am running debian 6.0.6 on a Toshiba laptop that is approximately two years old. You should consider keeping your machine updated with the latest security upgrades. Debian 6.0.7 is current for your system. You should also consider upgrading to Debian 7 Wheezy at some

Re: Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP!

2013-07-01 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 14:33:17 -0500 Charles Blair c-bl...@illinois.edu wrote: I am running debian 6.0.6 on a Toshiba laptop that is approximately two years old. The command python --version reported 2.6.x. I wanted to upgrade to 3.3.2, so I did the following things, some of which were

Re: Botched python upgrade mangled my system--- HELP!

2013-07-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Bob Proulx wrote: Charles Blair wrote: I am running debian 6.0.6 on a Toshiba laptop that is approximately two years old. You should consider keeping your machine updated with the latest security upgrades. Debian 6.0.7 is current for your system. You should also consider upgrading to