how do i upgrade to slack 11 with out having to reinstall

asilentmurmur · 10-29-2006, 07:57 AM

hey everyone. Is there any way i can upgrade to slackware 11 with out having to reinstall the entire OS?

titopoquito · 10-29-2006, 08:08 AM

ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slac....0/UPGRADE.TXT

uselpa · 10-29-2006, 12:52 PM

Also have a look at CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT. Read it carefully and remove the packages that are no longer in 11.0.

With a printout of those 2 files, it worked for me without any problems.

fibster · 10-29-2006, 06:09 PM

Get slackpkg from extras in slack 11. Also read the upgrrade.text, it will work fine. I have done it on 4 computers now.

fibster

Bruce Hill · 10-29-2006, 07:19 PM

I also used slackpkg to upgrade this laptop -- follow the directions and check the .new config files against your old ones.

littledrop · 10-30-2006, 03:53 AM

The instructions worked fine apart from one problem.
Sound card is not working anymore.

konfigure · 10-30-2006, 08:04 AM

slack 11 mute the soundcard by default, you can try run alsamixer, its on the welcome message on your tty, well I got it in fresh install, I dont know in upgrade install.

fibster · 10-30-2006, 10:43 AM

Try reinstalling your alsa package, or first run alsaconf or alsa mixer and set yr sound. Remember to alsactl store when done.

fibster

littledrop · 10-31-2006, 12:13 AM

Thanks.

alsaconf is not detecting the card. Which module to load?

dx0r515t · 11-01-2006, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littledrop

Thanks.

alsaconf is not detecting the card. Which module to load?

I would just recompile the kernel. This way you will be sure to have the needed support for your hardware.

littledrop · 11-02-2006, 06:52 AM

I don't have the skills to compile the kernel.

keefaz · 11-02-2006, 07:05 AM

What is your soundcard ? /sbin/lspci | grep audio
If it is not a rare model, chances are that the module
is already compiled and installed

Also be a little more precise with drivers problem...
which kernel do you use 2.6 or 2.4 ? uname -a
(maybe post a new thread for your sound problem)

Bruce Hill · 11-02-2006, 07:18 AM

Uh-hum ... he has one here.

littledrop · 11-03-2006, 07:23 AM

I will cotinue in my thread.

I posted the comment by mistake in this thread.