----- Original Message ----- From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:56:03 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Upgrade debacle........
Hi Charlie! On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 13:08 +1000, Charlie wrote: > Using Debian testing 3.12-1-amd64 You're using this kernel, but what version of Debian do you use? 3.12-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.12.9-1 (2014-02-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux Hope that helps? I use that kernel because the later one did all sorts of CPU gobbling with swap files, when I have two swap partitions of 1GB each on this system from when I set it up. > Updated and upgraded this morning was told to run this: > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache > Did apt-get told you to do this? Yes apt-get told me to run this command, and I did as root. > Which likely should be > sudo gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache I also ran that command and the response was the same: -su: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache > It didn't do anything of course and when I rebooted, found the system is > severely broken. > You did or didn't run > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache I did run it as requested by apt-get. What is broken? > I assume I have to reinstall, that seems to be suggested on a few ubuntu > posts on the web? dmesg? /var/log/Xorg.0.log? ~/.xsession-errors? Or what ever log file might be useful regarding to the "severely broken" things? I looked, at could find nothing, and it also didn't give me any clues as I watched the boot up messages. Assumed the "severely broken" things can't be fixed, why not restoring from the last backup you made? I have never mastered a backup, so have never made one. The few times that things went belly up, I reinstalled all the system directories and files and applications and started again with my /home directory untouched, it was all just as I left it. Thanks, Charlie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1398830163.7822.11.camel@archlinux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/7508087.312811398832562093.javamail.r...@mail.goipstar.com
