Re: Re: System becomes inaccessible after upgrade of libgl1-mesa-glx to version 17.2.2-1

From	Simon Pepping <spepping@leverkruid.eu>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Re: System becomes inaccessible after upgrade of libgl1-mesa-glx to version 17.2.2-1
Date	2017-10-20 19:40 +0200
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> > The solution seems simple:
> >
> > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> >   libglvnd0-nvidia
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >   libglvnd0"
> >
> > But how do you do that with an inaccessible system? The system can be
> > booted in recovery mode, and the change can be made there. But the
> > network is not yet up and running.

> You can do the following (assuming you use grub):
> Change the kernel command line and append
> systemd.unit=multi-user.target

> This will boot (one-time) into a multi-user system (including network)
> but not start the display manager.

Thanks, that is a useful suggestion. These systemd targets open new
possibilities, which I was not aware of.

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System becomes inaccessible after upgrade of libgl1-mesa-glx to  version 17.2.2-1 Simon Pepping <spepping@leverkruid.eu> - 2017-10-19 21:20 +0200
  Re: System becomes inaccessible after upgrade of libgl1-mesa-glx to  version 17.2.2-1 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2017-10-19 23:20 +0200
    Re: Re: System becomes inaccessible after upgrade of libgl1-mesa-glx  to version 17.2.2-1 Simon Pepping <spepping@leverkruid.eu> - 2017-10-20 19:40 +0200

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