Upgrading 13.1 to 13.37?

[linus72]

Was wondering if there are any potential issues when upgrading Salix 13.1 to 13.37?
I removed aaa-elflibs, etc from the blocked packages and am upgrading everything via Gslapt using the 13.37 repo.

Hopefully everything will go well:)

[mimosa]

Why not wait until the actual release, which can only be a day or two off? You never know, it might avoid problems. Indeed, a few days beyond that really constitute "gamma testing", with a bigger uptake than beta.

I hope all goes well, anyway!

[laprjns]

Or you can look in the wiki:
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... 1_to_13.37

[linus72]

thanks guys

I followed the Wiki article for two 13.1 installs and same result:
X won't start

doing startx or trying to run GDM results in this Xorg error log

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X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 13.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux pwriter 2.6.38.5-smp #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 4 21:11:21 EDT 2011 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=6666 rw BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet vt.default_utf8=1
Build Date: 26 August 2010  12:40:23PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
   Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May  7 07:46:01 2011
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e4c40
(II) Module ABI versions:
   X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
   X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
   X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
   X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 4

(--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0185:3842:a093 rev 193, Mem @ 0xec000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/134217728, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(==) --- Start of built-in configuration ---
   Section "Device"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default nv Device 0"
      Driver   "nv"
   EndSection
   Section "Screen"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default nv Screen 0"
      Device   "Builtin Default nv Device 0"
   EndSection
   Section "Device"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
      Driver   "vesa"
   EndSection
   Section "Screen"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
      Device   "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
   EndSection
   Section "Device"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
      Driver   "fbdev"
   EndSection
   Section "Screen"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
      Device   "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
   EndSection
   Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier   "Builtin Default Layout"
      Screen   "Builtin Default nv Screen 0"
      Screen   "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
      Screen   "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
   EndSection
(==) --- End of built-in configuration ---
(==) ServerLayout "Builtin Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default nv Screen 0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default nv Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default nv Screen 0".
   Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" (1)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0".
   Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" (2)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0".
   Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
   Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
   Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
   Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
   /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
   /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
   /usr/share/fonts/misc,
   /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
   /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
   /usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
   /usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
   /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
   If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AutoAddDevices.
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
   Module class: X.Org Server Extension
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
   Module class: X.Org Server Extension
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.1.0
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so: undefined symbol: RegionEmptyData
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "nv"
(EE) Failed to load module "nv" (loader failed, 7)
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 2.3.0
   Module class: X.Org Video Driver
   ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
(EE) module ABI major version (8) doesn't match the server's version (6)
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
(II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

PC is AMD Athlon-XP with nVidia 4000mx card and nouveau driver.

any ideas or what could be wrong?
Thanks

[thenktor]

X.Org X Server 1.7.7

In 13.37 the xorg server version is 1.9.5. So either you did something wrong or your upgrade did not finish.

[linus72]

Yes, you are right!
But, I did the test upgrad across 3 different 13.1 Salix installs and it did not upgrade Xorg in any of them for some reason...?

Everything else though seems OK and works:)
Thanks everyone, Thenktor, mimosa, laprjns!

[thenktor]

I did not have problems on any upgrades so I cannot tell what happened. Are you using some third party repos that may cause this?

[linus72]

uh, yeah I do have slackpkg and sbopkg installed...
dont know if that would be it?

I am trying to upgrade my PocketWriter Salix 13.1.2 to 13.37
The new PocketWriter uses 2.6.38.5 kernel and xz compression (.xzm)
http://multidistro.com/

so, sooner or later I gotta upgrade to 13.37....