On 07 Dec 2007, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 04:12:49AM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > > strange, every morning i run two aptitude commands from the command > > line > > > > aptitude update and aptitude full-upgrade > > > > lately on running the full upgrade x crashes, well i shouldn't say > > crashes, the system goes through its normal reboot (first time it left > > me going huh), no error message in system log > > > > version is aptitude 0.4.6.1 > > > > this occurs on both my etch and kubuntu 7.10 installs so i am fairly > > sure it is not a distro problem > > > > thanks in advance for any thoughts > > > > jwlockhart > > > > From what I remember you're generally not supposed to run any sort of > updates while in an X environment; If I were you I'd quit X and change > to TTY1 before administering any changes (Especially if the changes are > X.org or libX related) >
I've done this for years without problems - but I don't use Aptitude, I use wajig. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
