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[Morphix-user] LightGUI repositories

[Kim B.C. <Kim...@ma...>]

Hi -
I've just downloaded / installed Morphix LightGUI 0.5-pre4 - it works very, 
very nice with my old Compaq Armada E500 laptop.

Only trouble is, when i try to update or install new software, the links to 
the repositories are dead.

Could someone please guide me to the proper repositories to use, please?

Have fun & Merry Christmas -
Kim 'The_Pirate'
Denmark

Re: [Morphix-user] LightGUI repositories

[Alex de L. <al...@de...>]

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Hi Kim,

Kim B.Christensen wrote:
> Hi -
> I've just downloaded / installed Morphix LightGUI 0.5-pre4 - it works very, 
> very nice with my old Compaq Armada E500 laptop.
> 
> Only trouble is, when i try to update or install new software, the links to 
> the repositories are dead.
> 
> Could someone please guide me to the proper repositories to use, please?

You could try replacing the repositories with the latest Debian versions:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-uptodate.en.html#s-aptitude-upgrade

Just make sure you backup your system, I haven't done such an upgrade
from 0.5-pre4 before.

cheers,

Alex

PS. sorry morphix-user for the spam-mail from a few days ago, I've
switched the list to subscribers-only.
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Re: [Morphix-user] LightGUI repositories

[Kim B.C. <Kim...@ma...>]

Onsdag den 23. december 2009 16:59 skrev Alex de Landgraaf:
> Hi Kim,
>
> Kim B.Christensen wrote:
> > Hi -
> > I've just downloaded / installed Morphix LightGUI 0.5-pre4 - it works
....
> You could try replacing the repositories with the latest Debian versions:
....
> Just make sure you backup your system, I haven't done such an upgrade
> from 0.5-pre4 before.
>
> cheers,
> Alex

Sorry. Didn't work. I set the repository to:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free 

(as i lack the insight in Debian to find a more relevant one) and ran:

aptitude update
aptitude dist-upgrade

Result: first the update disabled my keyboard and locked up ssh. After that it 
started asking questions! :) I think on font update.
The only way out was to mouse-click the power-down button and attempt a 
restart.

As a result, the system as such is still workable, but apt-get, aptitude etc 
is completely borked. 

So, if i may draw a quick conclusion: Nope. Didn't work.

I strongly assume that it's a KB40 error (the source of the fault located 40 
cm. behind my keyboard) - i probably selected the wrong repository. Any 
suggestions to a better one, please ?

Have fun & Happy New Year -

Kim 'The_Pirate'

Re: [Morphix-user] LightGUI repositories

[Alex de L. <al...@de...>]

Kim B.Christensen wrote:

> aptitude update
> aptitude dist-upgrade
> 
> Result: first the update disabled my keyboard and locked up ssh. After that it 
> started asking questions! :) I think on font update.
> The only way out was to mouse-click the power-down button and attempt a 
> restart.
> 
> As a result, the system as such is still workable, but apt-get, aptitude etc 
> is completely borked. 
> 
> So, if i may draw a quick conclusion: Nope. Didn't work.
> 
> I strongly assume that it's a KB40 error (the source of the fault located 40 
> cm. behind my keyboard) - i probably selected the wrong repository. Any 
> suggestions to a better one, please ?

Sorry for the delay, I'm out of the country.

Odd that your keyboard locked up. I'm just guessing at this point, but 
you might want to try using 'etch' (old-stable) instead of 'stable' in 
your sources.list. This might stop things breaking when upgrading, as 
the last official Morphix release is very old the step to the current 
Debian stable might be too troublesome.

An alternative would be simply installing the latest Debian stable.

cheers,

Alex

Re: [Morphix-user] LightGUI repositories

[Kim B.C. <Kim...@ma...>]

Onsdag den 30. december 2009 19:42 skrev Alex de Landgraaf:

> Sorry for the delay, I'm out of the country.

Sorry, too, done the same... :)

> ... try using 'etch' (old-stable) instead of 'stable' in
> your sources.list. ...

I did a fresh install, and tried to use 'etch'.

The upgrade itself worked fine - except this time it has broken some part of 
the 'X' system... Kernel panic / shutdown instantly! Can't even see exactly 
where it breaks.

I guess it's time i face reality, and accept that LightGUI is a tad old...

Thanks for your help. I'm really sorry that developement on this distro have 
slowed down - i'm notoriously out of money, my  'hottest' laptop is a P2/450 
with 128Mb RAM, so this would be just right for me.

Have fun and Happy New Year -

Kim 'The_Pirate'
Denmark