Hello,

Every time i use apt to upgrade my distro i have a new problem. Today i upgraded to 2.6.11 both laptop and desktop. Different problems here:
1 - desktop: the screen goes black and i cant use it. Since i use precompiled kernels i dont have a config file (do i?) so i couldnt build nvidia's driver using the installer (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t=nvidia+black).
2 - laptop: wireless card doesnt work w/ new kernel even though it has the same files astheoriginal 2.6.5 kernel (from the cd)... , here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...03#post1574103

Does any of you know howto solve this 2 issues?

Hi Leosgb,

I believe I have a solution for you.

You have to use the final update released from Conectiva 11 March.

This is the filename: cl10upd1-final.iso

Here is the link to the FTP site:http://espelhos.edugraf.ufsc.br/conectiva/10/

Rather then recompile the source and the drivers; what you should have done is

downloaded the final update patch and apply that to the original installation kernel.

Then once you've already updated kernel to the 2.6 .11 kernel version you could use apt-get to apply the most recent updates and patches.

I have used this update method and I have not had any problems. I did notice however that the default option in the grub2 boot loader is not updated when you apply the patch. You have to manually configure the default the boot loader option using webmin or the command line.

The new kernel version is usually the top choice in the grub2 options menu.

I hope you have backups of all your work especially your Linux configuration before the application of the updates because this will make it easier for you to undo the damage that the most recent updates have caused.

good luck

Thorn168

Well, it didnt work here i downloaded the iso, mounted it at /mnt/cdrom ran apt-cdrom add then edited sources.lst to have the iso only... then i ran apt-get dist-upgrade... to my surprise when i boot the same problem arises... i am clueless now. I decided to reinstall it from scratch and have my 2.6.5 back working. i am happy w/ it anyway but i like to keep my system as up-to-date as possible. Guess my desktop will be always outdated Thanks for your help Thorn168.

Leosgb,

Are you running apt-get from the command line?

I upgraded as root in the GUI using synaptic.

Read the Readme on the update iso for troubleshooting tips.

I would also suggest that you post a buzilla report with Conectiva.

I think that reformating a re-installing will probably fix the upgrade problem. But give the update another chance using the iso update rather then apt-get.

Also try to run a md5 checksum on the packages before you install them.

Try to rule out other factors such as impending equipment failure or power surges.

Good Luck

Thorn

I run it in command line. I read the readme and followed the instructions there... my nvidia card is a geforce2 MX from built in my asus A7N-266. I will see what i can do but i cant afford to keep on going backwards every single day. All i need is to update my kdeto 3.3 then the system will be ok for my usage. In the past i used fedora on my desktop but recently i decided to have only one distro at home... the choice was conectiva and i will stick to it. Maybe after some time they will have it all fixed. Thanks for all your help.