Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 05 oct 21, 10:48:03, Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:04 AM David Wright wrote: > > > Yes, apt-get was recommended for upgrading to stretch. Note however > > that if you perform your next upgrades with apt, as recommended, > > some of the command names (like dist-upgrade)

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Oct 2021 at 10:48:03 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:04 AM David Wright wrote: > > Yes, apt-get was recommended for upgrading to stretch. Note however > > that if you perform your next upgrades with apt, as recommended, > > some of the command names (like

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Oct 2021 at 10:55:36 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Tuesday 05 October 2021 09:04:03 am David Wright wrote: > > > > So the main things to confirm as working are the specific points > > > > mentioned in the respective Release Notes. In stretch that would > > > > be, for

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Tuesday 05 October 2021 09:04:03 am David Wright wrote: > > > So the main things to confirm as working are the specific points > > > mentioned in the respective Release Notes. In stretch that would > > > be, for example, the 4.9 kernel is finding everything, > > > > About the only issue that

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:04 AM David Wright wrote: > On Mon 04 Oct 2021 at 21:16:06 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Monday 04 October 2021 07:55:25 pm David Wright wrote: > > > > It would help people trying to follow what you are doing just to > confirm at each stage which version

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Oct 2021 at 21:16:06 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Monday 04 October 2021 07:55:25 pm David Wright wrote: > > It would help people trying to follow what you are doing just to confirm at > > each stage which version you're now running. > > I /think/ you've got as far as

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-04 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:49:10 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:48:38 pm Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 > > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > >[snip] > > > > > Reboot after each version upgrade, then do an apt-get > > > >

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-04 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Monday 04 October 2021 07:55:25 pm David Wright wrote: > On Mon 04 Oct 2021 at 15:25:23 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:53:39 pm Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 04:48:38PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Oct 2021 at 15:25:23 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:53:39 pm Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 04:48:38PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > > I did do a download

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-04 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:53:39 pm Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 04:48:38PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 > > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > I did do a download from their site. But it's not clear to me where > > > I need to put it

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-04 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:48:38 pm Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > Also, read and follow the Release Notes of dist-upgrade for each > > > version. > > > > Where are these to be found? > >

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 04:48:38PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > I did do a download from their site. But it's not clear to me where > > I need to put it and how to tell the package management software > > about it. > > Did

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 12:11:13 am Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:57:51 -0400 > > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > > workstation

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread David Christensen
On 10/3/21 09:21, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 02 October 2021 02:33:24 pm David Christensen wrote: On 10/2/21 08:57, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread David Wright
On Sun 03 Oct 2021 at 12:55:43 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 12:49:12PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Sunday 03 October 2021 12:11:13 am Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Reboot after each version upgrade, then do an apt-get update/upgrade, etc. > > > > Are you

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 03 October 2021 01:13:19 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 11:02:46 am Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > (snip) > > > What amount of output does an apt-get update give you? > > > > Nine lines starting with "Get:", "Ign:", "Hit:" etc. > > > > "The method driver

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 03 October 2021 11:02:46 am Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: (snip) > > What amount of output does an apt-get update give you? > > Nine lines starting with "Get:", "Ign:", "Hit:" etc. > > "The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found." > > "Is the package

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 12:49:12PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 12:11:13 am Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Reboot after each version upgrade, then do an apt-get update/upgrade, etc. > > Are you suggesting that I go through that for all of the versions, one after >

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 03 October 2021 12:11:13 am Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:57:51 -0400 > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11. I

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 02 October 2021 02:17:43 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 12:34:50PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > > workstation was

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 02 October 2021 02:33:24 pm David Christensen wrote: > On 10/2/21 08:57, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 02 October 2021 12:34:50 pm Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11. I

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 02 October 2021 12:27:26 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11.

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:57:51 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of those steps, and things did not > go well in a number

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread David Christensen
On 10/2/21 08:57, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of those steps, and things did not go well in a number of ways... For some

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 12:34:50PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11.

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my workstation > was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go 8->9->10->11. I > tried the first of those steps, and things did not go well in a

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my workstation > was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go 8->9->10->11. I > tried the first of those steps, and things did not go well in a

unhappy upgrade

2021-10-02 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of those steps, and things did not go well in a number of ways... For some reason, the software decided to remove virtualbox.