Gentoo Update Problems


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I typed in the usual update command in Gentoo Linux: emerge rsync, emerge -pu system (to see what's going to be updated), and finally emerge -u system. Well for the second time (Twice last Friday) my Gentoo box froze up during the update process. I have a good amount of updates to do, but every time I use emerge -u system and come back to my computer the next day it's always frozen? So what should I do to update my box? I'm thinking of trying to update it while not being in X, but I don't know if that will have any difference?

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Most people type emergy sync, emerge -pvDu world, emerge -Du world. Also make sure you have the latest version of portage installed and that your processor isn't overclocked.

mmm...evangelion...

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This time I did it outside of KDE and it seems to be working fine. So tomorrow when I come back to work I'll let you guys know what happened.

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oh, i just realized that it could be the terminal buffer problem...i read about it on gentoo forums. what terminal were you using?

Not sure (running KDE) just click on the shell icon and a terminal appears.

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Everything seemed to work out fine. Only thing now I have to do is update 4 config files in /etc. This is the step I always forget how to do right. I ran the command find /etc -iname '._cfg????_*' to see where the files are I needed to update:

/etc/._cfg0000_updatedb.conf

/etc/ssl/misc/._cfg0000_CA.pl

/etc/ssl/._cfg0000_openssl.cnf

/etc/cron.daily/._cfg0000_slocate

There?s a way to update these files without having to editin/etc/make.globalsb>, but I forgot how to do it. Can anyone help me update these files correctly?

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those should be fairly safe to overwrite the older versions with the new. just run etc-update as root, and choose to replace them all. The times you have to be careful are when the files are ones which you've edited and are important for your system to run - eg make.conf, samba config files, etc etc.

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those should be fairly safe to overwrite the older versions with the new. just run etc-update as root, and choose to replace them all. The times you have to be careful are when the files are ones which you've edited and are important for your system to run - eg make.conf, samba config files, etc etc.

That fixed it thanks.

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Sorry to bug you guys again, but I'm still somewhat new to this updating thing on Gentoo. Today I remembered the command emerge -pu world. When I ran this I got a really big list of updates. My question is do I just run emerge -u world in order to get all the updates listed below (I'm thinking of doing it without starting up KDE)?

[ebuild UD] x11-libs/openmotif-2.1.30-r4 [2.2.2-r1]

[ebuild N ] media-libs/libexif-0.5.12

[ebuild U ] net-www/opera-7.23 [7.11-r2]

[ebuild N ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-0.9.15_pre4

[blocks B ] <dev-perl/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6 (from pkg dev-lang/perl-5.8.2-r1)

[ebuild U ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.2 [5.8.0]

[ebuild U ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.2-r1 [5.8.0-r12]

[ebuild N ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r5

[ebuild U ] dev-java/java-config-1.2.5 [0.2.8-r2]

[ebuild U ] app-arch/zip-2.3-r2 [2.3-r1]

[ebuild U ] dev-libs/glib-2.2.3 [2.2.2]

[ebuild U ] x11-libs/pango-1.2.5-r1 [1.2.3]

[ebuild U ] dev-libs/atk-1.4.1 [1.2.4]

[ebuild U ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.2.4-r1 [2.2.1-r1]

[ebuild U ] net-www/mozilla-firebird-0.7-r1 [0.6.1]

[ebuild U ] sys-apps/psmisc-21.2-r4 [21.2-r3]

[ebuild U ] net-print/cups-1.1.20 [1.1.19-r1]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/lcms-1.12 [1.09]

[ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-3.2.3-r1 [3.1.2-r4]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/libvorbis-1.0.1-r2 [1.0-r2]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/audiofile-0.2.4 [0.2.3-r1]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/arts-1.1.5 [1.1.4]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.16 [2.3.14]

[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.3 [2.5.8]

[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.1 [1.0.31]

[ebuild U ] app-admin/fam-2.6.10-r1 [2.6.9-r3]

[ebuild U ] app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r1 [7.05.6-r3]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeedu-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdetoys-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdebase-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdenetwork-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/svgalib-1.9.17-r3 [1.4.3-r4]

[ebuild U ] media-sound/esound-0.2.32 [0.2.29-r1]

[ebuild U ] media-libs/libsdl-1.2.6-r3 [1.2.5-r2]

[ebuild U ] dev-util/intltool-0.27.2 [0.26]

[ebuild U ] media-sound/xmms-1.2.7-r23 [1.2.7-r20]

[ebuild N ] media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc2

[ebuild U ] media-sound/mpg123-0.59r-r3 [0.59r-r2]

[ebuild U ] sys-libs/slang-1.4.9 [1.4.5-r2]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.1.5 [3.1.4-r1]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeaddons-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdepim-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeadmin-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdegames-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] app-text/xpdf-2.03 [2.02.1]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeutils-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kdeartwork-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild U ] kde-base/kde-3.1.5 [3.1.4]

[ebuild N ] media-libs/sdl-net-1.2.5

[ebuild U ] games-arcade/pacmanarena-0.15 [0.01]

[ebuild N ] media-gfx/bootsplash-0.6-r3

[ebuild U ] sys-kernel/genkernel-3.0.1_beta9 [1.8]

[ebuild UD] media-video/kmplayer-0.8.1 [0.8b]

[ebuild U ] net-firewall/iptables-1.2.9 [1.2.8-r1]

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