hero2zeroW

[davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org]

On 01 Nov 2003 09:29:39 -0500
Kareem Shehata <kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 05:51, david j patrick wrote:
> > hero2zero
> 
> I'm not aware of that command, where can I find the .deb?
> 
> > When we last tuned in, our hero was banishing multiple conflicts with a single stroke!
> > Conflicts resolved, he swore that his system would never again be fraught with unmet dependancies and apt-get dist-upgraded to a keen edge .. can you see this coming ?
> > 
> > apt-get dist-upgrade went off smoothly, and the root prompt surfaced without an error as I flew out the door.
> > On return I reboot and guess what ?
> > no alsa
> > no ethernet card found
> > 	no ADSL, no net
> > 		pppoeconf looks strangely less helpfull and basically the box is off line !
> 
> I haven't actually dont a dist-upgrade myself yet, but these things
> should be there unless it installed a new kernel for you.  What kind of
> network card do you have?  Have you tried modprobe on the NIC module and
> alsa modules?  I have a feeling they may be there, just not being loaded
> by the new startup scripts.
> 
> > I'm sending you this SOS after booting a damnsmalllinux4-4.10 iso, running PPPoEconf, installing firebird, firing up ,and configuring, sylpheed and NOW I gotta hit the sack, cause I'm working tomorrow !
> > 
> > ya still got a brewskie comin your way..
> > 	and I was _just_ lookin' at mondo..
> > 		thank god (or Klaus Knopper) for bootable linux !
> 
> Always keep a bootable distro or three around just in case.
> 
> Kareem
> 

You got that right !
	Seems things are uglier than I had first feared 
		No ethernet (no sympatico), no alsa (or other working sound system), no _serial_ port (no palm sync) 
module errors on start and shutdown .. I'll be more specific in following post(s)
	In the mean time I have vital data freshly backed up, and access to most everything here in boot linux..
		but all them happily humming apps ..
			sheeit !
Maybe this is a golden opportunity to       install 2.6    .. kernel compile virgin, that I am .. 
	crazy ?
djp
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