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Old 08-09-2010, 01:28 PM   #1
dellthinker
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Squeeze upgrade


Hi all, I'm preparing to upgrade to squeeze via apt-get and was just looking for some suggestions as to if it'll go smoothly. Also I'd like to know what version of Xorg does squeeze use, has it been updated? Thanx in advance!
 
Old 08-09-2010, 01:40 PM   #2
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Couple of things I can think of:

Use aptitude to upgrade rather than apt-get.
Once you have changed your sources.list to reflect Squeeze do the following:

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aptitude update && aptitude keep-all
aptitude install apt dpkg aptitude
Then do the upgrade with:

Code:
aptitude safe-upgrade 
aptitude full-upgrade
Personally,I prefer to do this from a console with no X running.

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Also I'd like to know what version of Xorg does squeeze use, has it been updated? Thanx in advance!
Code:
ade@Pc1:~$ X -version

X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux Pc1 2.6.34.1-amd64custom #1 SMP Tue Jul 6 16:27:58 BST 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1-amd64custom root=UUID=59b0628e-8db5-46e8-bbbe-39ae19e3da5f ro iommu=noaperture
Build Date: 15 July 2010  03:08:26PM
xorg-server 2:1.7.7-3 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>) 
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
The main problem you *may* encounter is the new udev with the Lenny kernel.Craigevil has helpfully posted about this here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...queeze-822747/

I have upgraded machines from Lenny to Squeeze/Testing myself,it is do-able without breaking the original install.

Good luck!.

Last edited by the trooper; 08-10-2010 at 01:53 PM.
 
Old 08-09-2010, 02:03 PM   #3
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Yeesh, reading the update report from DeadlySin3 has left me feeling a bit edgy. I think I'll wait until it's in stable condition.
 
Old 08-10-2010, 01:44 PM   #4
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Yeesh, reading the update report from DeadlySin3 has left me feeling a bit edgy. I think I'll wait until it's in stable condition.
Don't be put off by someone else's issues. I have been running squeeze for the better part of a year with no issues. I have recently done five or six upgrades of lenny to squeeze and experienced no problelms by using the method outlined by Craigevil, above. Squeeze is not officially stable, but it is stable enough to work as a workstation, desktop or laptop. I have even upgraded my server to squeeze.
 
  


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