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Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA
Date	2018-10-08 00:00 +0200
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On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 14:57:10 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 10/07/2018 02:33 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
> > On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > It was recommended that I update to Buster.
> > > > > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1.
> > > > > [MATE desktop]
> > > > > I edited sources.list to access online repository.
> > > > > I then followed the instructions at
> > > > > [linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-debian-9-stretch-to-debian-10-
> > > > > buster]
> > > > > as it had everything conveniently shown.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Everything appeared to go normally up to a point well into the
> > > > > actual
> > > > > downloading of the Buster packages. I temporarily lost my
> > > > > internet
> > > > > connection. After reconnecting apt-get gave an error message
> > > > > suggesting I
> > > > > use "--fix-missing" IIRC.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It appeared to work and boot correctly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > However Gparted no longer appears in the System->Administration
> > > > > menu
> > > > > although Synaptic shows it as installed. I blindly chose to tell
> > > > > Synaptic to
> > > > > reinstall it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I installed stretch to another partition which I'm using now.
> > > > > Is the Buster install repairable?
> > > > 
> > > > Does gparted run from a terminal?
> > > 
> > > It does?
> > > 
> > > A missing menu entry is hardly a show-stopper.
> > > 
> > It moved in Buster (Mate version of GUI) from system->admin to
> > Applications->system tools.
> > Try there.
> > 
> 
> It is there and it launches.
> As to "does it run from terminal", I was treating its absence as a _symptom_
> not a "show stopper". As a graduate of Hard Knock, I thought it unwise to
> attempt forcing it to run without cause.

The third sentence is about as obtuse as it gets.
> 
> When I've had some sleep I will follow follow the routine Reco suggested.

A lot of work just to get a menu entry back.

-- 
Brian.

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Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 15:20 +0200
  Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-07 16:00 +0200
    Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 16:20 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-07 16:30 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 15:50 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-08 17:50 +0200
            Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 22:30 +0200
              Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-08 22:50 +0200
            Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 17:20 +0200
              Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 18:30 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-07 17:10 +0200
  Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-07 16:40 +0200
    Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-07 20:30 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:50 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2018-10-07 21:20 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 23:10 +0200
      Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2018-10-07 21:40 +0200
        Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
          Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 00:00 +0200

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