On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Jean-Marc <jean-m...@6jf.be> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:17:31 +0100, Darac Marjal > <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:57:21AM +0200, Dan wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I did an aptitude safe-upgrade of my Squeeze debian. And now the > drivers > >> for the graphics card are broken. I am using an Radeon Graphics > card, but > >> I downloaded the drivers directly from the webpage. > >> How could I undo the aptitude safe-upgrade in order to use the > xserver > >> version that I was using before the upgrade? > > > > Generally speaking, downgrades are unsupported in Debian [SNIP] > There is a way to run an emergency downgrading by changing packages > priorities but it is not recommended. > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_emergency_downgrading > > > > > Ideally, your first option is to try and find an updated driver for your > > card. [SNIP] > > > > > This seems the best way to resolve your problem. > > >> Thanks, > >> Dan > > Jean-Marc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/481d3acf84436e7e5e1f19401584a025@localhost > > Thanks for your answer, I was able to downgrade doing the following aptitude install xserver-common=2:1.7.7-14 xserver-xephyr=2:1.7.7-14 xserver-xorg-core=2:1.7.7-14 But this didn't work. Probably something else is broken. I could remove the xserver and install it again with the ATI drivers. But I might directly wipe the installation and install wheezy. Luckily I separated the /home and / partitions :) Best, Dan
