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Re: Wheezy to Stretch

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On 02/21/2018 10:39 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> 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.


For all the "Na" Sayers here, nothing lost except for sometime and 
something to gan the system you want and if you can't make it work 
format and do a new system, but remember there is no "sysvinit" in Stretch.

Cheers,
-- 
Jimmy Johnson - "The Linux-Tester"

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 5.12.1 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda9
Registered Linux User #380263

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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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