On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 04:40:16PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > 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 >
Well, as I said it's from what I remember; When I used to use X I updated from within X all of the time without any problems. I'd assume that only certain hardware has problems, perhaps with certain upgrades (Un-X related ones?) -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman
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