hory ==> breezy experience

[Michael R. Head]

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 14:55 +1000, ashley maher wrote:
> FOr those about to do so:
> 
> The computer is a dual opteron based system with hoary amd64 installed.
> 
> 
> Changed the apt/sources file to pint to breezy.
> 
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> barfed on the powerd syncing, with a kernel panic
> 
> entered rescue mode.
> 
> agin apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> all looked good
> 
> then did teh final install as per the BreezyUpgradeNotes
> 
> ie sudo apt-get install ubuntu-base ubuntu-desktop
> 
> 
> Unfortunatly things then go wrong.
> 
> If you boot as normal you get the gdm logon screen and it fails to
> complete the boot.

In what what does it fail?

> If you go rescue mode all is good, start gdm you can log in with a
> warning HAL failed to start.

Note that rescue mode is not good for daily use, but if you want to get
hal going for testing purposes, you will have to start dbus yourself:

# /etc/init.d/dbus start
# /etc/init.d/gdm start

> Assistance here would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ashley
> 
> 
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