[gobolinux-users] Taking a deep deep breath after crash...

[Michael Homer]

On 3/14/07, Bryan <bryan at tevreden.net> wrote:
> To no one in particular...
>
> Just taking a deep deep breath. While trying to install/compile xfce and
> enviroment I managed to break my current GB configuration. Messages like
> "kernel too old" and "kernel panic" spell doom as most of us know, I
> guess.
>
> I am not looking forward to a re-install given the number of tweaks I had
> to go through:
>
> - upgrade DHCPCD
> - get scroll mouse to work properly
> - get sound card to be recognised, still no success there
> - adding XFce to KDM
> - update several packages (Scripts, Compile, Xfce, etc.)
> - new kernel
>
> I have the habit of keeping a log file with distro tweaks, luckily, and
> that will safe some time when re-installing, just not looking forward to
> it.
You don't need to reinstall - see my post a week or so ago on -devel
at http://www.wotfun.com/pipermail/gobolinux-devel/2007-March/002236.html
- the gist of it is, you have to re-symlink your old glibc in, and
then upgrade your kernel. You can InstallPackage glibc after that and
it will all work.

> Noticed some odd behaviour while using the Manager app btw. Installing a
> package via the Manager does not result in that package/program becoming
> the current package. Or did I misunderstand something there?
I think that's a Scripts bug. InstallPackage Scripts to upgrade and
SymlinkProgram it, it should work from there.