Re: [DNG] Merged usr consequences [Was: Upgrade problem]

2020-07-08 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-07-07 12:20, Steve Litt wrote: > You need certain executables, pre-mount, before a separate /usr can be > mounted. These went in /sbin, which is on the root and always > available. If you could mount the root partition, you could proceed. > > But now, if you mount /usr somewhere off the

Re: [DNG] OT: mpv drops GNOME support

2020-07-08 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 20:47:41 Wed, 8 Jul 2020 + (UTC) Tim Wallace via Dng scripsit: > The link mentions that gnome apps are "supposed to be used under gnome" and > after I upgraded to beowulf, I found that evince was unusable (I use xfce).  > The rendering engine was working, but the defaults were

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Alexander Bochmann
...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:12:54PM +0200, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > ...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > Using the /dev/mapper device name would likely have been just as good, > but I'm not sure as I didn't try that > I'll try if using UUIDs

Re: [DNG] OT: mpv drops GNOME support

2020-07-08 Thread Tim Wallace via Dng
The link mentions that gnome apps are "supposed to be used under gnome" and after I upgraded to beowulf, I found that evince was unusable (I use xfce).  The rendering engine was working, but the defaults were unusable and it failed to save new defaults.  The error messages referred to lacking

[DNG] OT: mpv drops GNOME support

2020-07-08 Thread Jim Jackson
https://linuxreviews.org/Mpv_drops_GNOME_support ... am I the only one to see similarities with the systemd situation? And both out of the same stable! Jim ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Alexander Bochmann
...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > Using the /dev/mapper device name would likely have been just as good, but > I'm not sure as I didn't try that I'll try if using UUIDs in the fstab makes a difference in the boot process later tonight (and maybe

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
On 8/7/20 10:07 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: >> >> >> On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: >>> >>> > After the

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > > > After the dist-upgrade, it failed to boot and remained at the >

Re: [DNG] Merged usr consequences [Was: Upgrade problem]

2020-07-08 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 07/07/2020 à 18:20, Steve Litt a écrit : > On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 08:41:31 -0700 > Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >> On 2020-07-07 11:26, Steve Litt wrote: >> >>> Void Linux also symlinks all the various *bin directories together, >>> even though it's a runit distro. My objection is this merge forces >>>

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > Hi, > > ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > After the dist-upgrade, it failed to boot and remained at the ministrants > shell environment after having complained about not being able to find the >