[ale] X11 module probs with Mandriva 2005 update

[William Bagwell]

On Friday 10 March 2006 08:29 am, Geoffrey wrote:

> >> William Bagwell wrote:
> >>> Oh, try a clean install keeping /home. 
>snips

> Do note the smilely. :)

Would not matter even without one, it takes a *lot* more than that to get my 
goat. Now if only /confusing/ me was as difficult:)

> Main problem with this solution is if /home is not a separate file
> system.  You can update and tell it not to format, but then you may have
> files leftover in system directories that cause problems.

As far as I know the only way to *not* have /home separate with Mandriva is 
to force it to install that way. The default install has / and /home on 
separate partitions. All of our working installs here also have /user 
and /var separate. Only a few test installs with the default.

One more advantage of upgrading via "install around /home" verses a true 
upgrade (assuming that a totally clean install works correctly on a given 
box.) is that any remaining problems will be in your user space. Much 
easier to find verses an upgrade that might have problems scatted almost 
anywhere.

One minor disadvantage is that any installed packages not included in 
Mandriva's pre-caned "groups" of related packages, must be re-installed. 
Unless you remembered to go into individual package selection during the 
install and hunt them down. Since I'm basically lazy I usually just wait 
until I need them again.

> In most cases, it should be pretty easy to backup /home and do the clean
> install.

Yes, or make the backup and then try diffrent ways first...

BTW, someday I'm going to learn the "correct" way to restore from a backup. 
Something tells me you would use a whole bunch of smileys if I confessed to 
how I have done so in the past;-)
-- 
William