Re: debian 8

I also did an unintended upgrade on one machine, it had "stable" in the
sources list and I installed a package via ansible (so I wasn't looking
directly at what it was doing.) I ended up with a half wheezy/half
jessie system which required fixing.

I'm now running jessie on at least 20 machines, including 5 desktops. 
I'm very happy with it.  The issues that I've had to deal with though
include:

  * selinux problems (some of our servers have selinux enabled, with
    custom rule sets.  These were causing the upgrades to partly fail,
    and the rules need to be re-worked).
  * a few obscure packages are no longer in wheezy, meaning I needed to
    move to substitute packages.
  * On one machine, the trackpad failed to work after the upgrade, I
    needed to install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, when previously it
    had worked with just xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  * An annoying change in gnome: you now have to type the program name
    from the first letter when searching for it, so I used to type dov
    for icedove and wea for iceweasel, now I use i and an arrow key.

After dealing with those problems, wheezy is working well for me.

Cheers,
Alex



On 30/05/15 17:45, Christopher Meech wrote:
> Debian 8 got me, an accidental upgrade and .... an unusable desktop
>
> now down to troubleshooting....
>
> have any of you tries it debian 8 yet?
>
> btw target shooting is a recognized sport , it doesn't involve killing
> 'innocent' animals but it does involve firearms.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> DunLUG mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug
> DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/

_______________________________________________
DunLUG mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug
DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/