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Re: Wheezy to Stretch

From	Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Wheezy to Stretch
Date	2018-02-21 19:50 +0100
Message-ID	<vlHCN-20X-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Organization	PC Repair

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On 02/21/2018 09:45 AM, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
> I am running Wheezy (v7 = oldoldstable) and intend to replace it with a fresh
> install of Stretch (v9 = stable) before Wheezy's support runs out on May
> 31st.  I will try the default systemd installation and see how I like it.

Okay, but I suggest instead you keep your wheezy system and your wheezy 
sources and do a upgrade using package upgrade-system, it will clean 
your system and then add the stretch sources including backports and run 
apt update & apt-upgrade and then run upgrade-system until your system 
is upgraded and clean, careful that sysvinit is not removed cause that 
package is not in stretch. You can also use apt dist-upgrade and deborphan.

> After the installation, I will want to build my system from my favorite
> window manager (fvwm).  With sysvinit, I would set initdefault to runlevel 3
> in /etc/inittab.  In /etc/rc3.d, I would rename gdm3 so that I would boot
> into a terminal interface (command line) instead of Gnome.  Then I would
> quickly install fvwm, call startx, and happily finish building.
> 
> I know systemd doesn't have inittab.  Will the default installation leave me
> with a terminal interface whenever I boot?  If not, how will I accomplish
> that?
> 
> I also thought I had read about some problem with window authentication in
> Stretch, but I can't find any such posts now.

I don't know of any current problems in stretch.

> Thanks.

Cheers,
-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.12.0 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda7
Registered Linux User #380263

Thread

Wheezy to Stretch "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> - 2018-02-21 19:00 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 19:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-02-21 19:40 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 19:50 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 20:20 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 20:30 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 21:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-02-21 20:20 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 21:50 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-21 22:00 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-22 04:10 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 08:10 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-22 14:10 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-02-22 15:00 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 18:40 +0100
              RE: Wheezy to Stretch "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> - 2018-02-22 18:50 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 11:30 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 19:50 +0100
    Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:00 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 22:10 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 23:00 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-02-21 23:20 +0100
              Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 01:00 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
      Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:40 +0100
        Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:50 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch Karol Augustin <karol@augustin.pl> - 2018-02-21 23:20 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 01:20 +0100
          Re: Wheezy to Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 08:20 +0100
            Re: Wheezy to Stretch Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-02-22 11:20 +0100
  Re: Wheezy to Stretch Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 03:50 +0100

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