[CentOS] CR repo update disaster for my desktop.

Wed Dec 5 21:44:42 UTC 2018
Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>


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On 05 Dec 2018, 7:22 AM, at 7:22 AM, Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote:
>On 04/12/2018 09:54, Rob Kampen wrote:
>> 
>> So in an effort to narrow down the problem I also have an old Samsung
>
>> laptop - i5 with an nvidia card - all up-to-date 7.5 - I thought I
>would 
>> try a more conservative upgrade approach.
>> 
>> first updated to the CR kernel with yum upgrade kernel*
>> 
>> then after successful reboot did an update to gdm* and gnome*
>> 
>> another reboot and all is well
>> 
>> then update of xorg* (only 20 files)
>> 
>> Now it will not boot - keyboard is non responsive so cannot even do a
>
>> Ctrl Alt F2 to access a shell. Old kernel is also non boot. Left this
>
>> machine for now and back to my main desktop workstation.
>> 
>
>The only issue I've seen reported that sounds similar or possibly 
>related is:
>
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1650634
>
>There is a patch in that bug you might like to try.
>
>> No idea if this xorg problem relates to my original workstation - so
>on 
>> that machine I did a downgrade of xorg* - seemed to complete ok, but
>on 
>> reboot and login - still the same problem.
>> 
>> As the only clue in the logs is the libc segfault I did a downgrade
>of 
>> glibc - this too seemed to work but no change to the system - gnome 
>> crashes after 5 - 10 seconds.
>> 
>
>I'm guessing that probably hasn't helped matters
>
>> Wasted far too much time on this, no idea what to do now so I have
>done 
>> a fresh 7.5 install and all works again - just need to install all
>the 
>> additional stuff I use each day, but at least I have a desktop that 
>> functions.
>> 
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