On Thu 30 Jun 2016 at 18:22:49 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2016-06-30 16:25 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On the laptop (i386, Dell Inspiron 9300, Intel Celeron) I am getting > > the following message. I am at a loss as to where even to begin. :-( > > All help welcome. > > > > I hoped a straight upgrade would leave me with init systemV, not > > because I think it is better. I don't want a flame war. But because I > > am more likely to be able to extricate myself from problems. > > So, what actually is your current init system?
'cat /proc/1/comm' will tell you.