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I guess I should +</I>><i> probably do something clever in that package. Perhaps I could look at +</I>><i> the folders in /var/run and their respective owners etc., then write a +</I>><i> file in /etc/tmpfiles.d with them detailed. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Then when the package is removed again later (automatically as part of +</I>><i> the upgrade) this file would be removed. This should mask most of the +</I>><i> errors. It's not fool proof but it'll probably be enough to avoid +</I>><i> problems in this case. Will add to my TODO :) +</I> +Maybe it's just enough to put it in the wiki, so that one knows what to +expect. + +>><i> Eventually I had to kill dbus-send to go on with the upgrade +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I guess I'll have to find a way to time this out... perhaps adding +</I>><i> --reply-timeout would work. It would be nice if your VM was in a state +</I>><i> to be able to test if this has any effect? +</I> +Sure, I have a snapshot before the update just for that (i.e., I want to +be absolutely sure that the upgrade to the final mageia 3 works smoothly +before even attempting to upgrade the real machine). The only problem is +that the update takes roughly 3 hours. +Ping me when you want me to test again. + +>><i> 8) I had some problem rebooting (I was using a konsole in kde), the kde +</I>>><i> menu bar didn't work, trying to do an acpi shutdown didn't work, text +</I>>><i> console didn't work. Eventually I just pulled the virtual plug. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah one of the many problems related to online updates really :) the +</I>><i> "reboot" command should work, but.... :) +</I> +The problem is I already closed the working konsole (silly me) and at +that point I couldn't do anything but pull the plug + +><i> +</I>>><i> 9) plymouthd complained but I hadn't time to write down the message, it +</I>>><i> eventually booted fine (but with no graphical menu, probably because the +</I>>><i> initrd was generated running the "Mageia 3 Upgrade Preparation" entry). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It shouldn't really matter too much to be honest. The upgrade prep +</I>><i> option should be almost identical to a regular boot other than an +</I>><i> additional check will be done on each boot thereafter. But as +</I>><i> rpm-mageia-setup package is removed on upgrade and with it the menu +</I>><i> entry, it shouldn't get in the way too much. +</I> +I performed the update under the "Mageia 3 Upgrade Preparation" and, +since that had no graphical boot, the resulting new kernel also has no +graphical boot. To restore it I had to manually run dracut once booted +in mageia 3. +Maybe I should have performed the update rebooting into the regular +mageia 2? The wiki isn't clear about it. + +Bye +-- +Luca +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="023773.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="023785.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#23784">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#23784">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#23784">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#23784">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |