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unohu62
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
#1
Is it safe to do a DU at the present time? If I use apt-get dist-upgrade a lot of Xorg stuff is held back and even gets removed one file at a time when upgrading. Hmmmmm...........Also, wicd errors also occur. wicd-daemon not configured, missing depends.

When I upgrade with Sid repos using smxi, Xorg OK, but still probs with wicd and if I said yes to the modprobe alsa package it wipes my alsa settings.

I want to be fully updated. Should I wait to DU?

Thankx,
Robert
anticapitalista
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#2
wicd is causing problems on antiX. If you don't use it, remove it

#apt-get purge wicd*

The xorg stuff for some reason removes one by one, but it does eventually upgrade.
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unohu62
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
#3
I use wicd to connect my wireless NetGear WN111n USB adapter and one by one the Xorg files removed bork my Xorg completely using the stock testing repos, unless I enable the Sid repos where Xorg is completely updated.

I usually run Sid full out, but want to keep it Testing for the time being.
anticapitalista
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#4
For wicd, try this in post 14 by cookdav.

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url was:"http://mepislovers.org/showthread.php?t=26926&page=2&highlight=wicd"
linktext was:"http://mepislovers.org/showthread.php?t ... light=wicd"
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For xorg, make a backup of /etc/X11/xorg.conf then purge xorg then apt-get install xorg.
You'll need to restore that xorg.conf file then reboot
anticapitalista
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#5
Sorry, it should be apt-get purge xserver-xorg-core then apt-get install xorg
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secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#6
Just mentioning, since I haven't wicd, but maybe it would be 'cleaner' to find the reference to the demo user in the wicd-daemon configuration files and remove it and then updating it, instead of creating this user only for that. It's kind of a preciosity but then maybe, if someone is interested, it could be identified if it's a wicd bug and reported.
anticapitalista
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#7
I've been looking for it, but I can't find it.