Re: restore with rsync or fix window manager bmike1 wrote: ubuntu-drivers devices returned an empty set! bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ ubuntu-drivers devices bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices [sudo] password for bmike1: bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ I don't understand that. You should have gotten something like this: dan@skynet1 ~ $ ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 == modalias : pci:v00001002d00009640sv00001458sd0000D000bc03sc00i00 model : BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6550D] vendor : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] driver : fglrx-updates - distro non-free driver : fglrx - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-ati - distro free builtin recommended So I am thinking I can reformat ~/home too because the settings that are screwing me up are not preserved because (thankfully) I was only backing up the Documents directory instead of ALL of /home . Right? I was wondering.... with rsync can you select what you restore? If not What I could do is: rsync -auq --exclude --delete-excluded (on first run) ~/Pictures/* --exclude --delete-excluded (on first run) ~/Documents/* /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/ rsync -auq --include ~/Pictures /media/bmike1//Pictures rsync -auq --include ~/Documents /media/bmike1//Documents the everything except documents and pictures rsync will most likely not require much room. On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I just ran the dist-upgrade and noticed a line it spit out: > > grub installed for i386 system > > Huh? This computer is 64 it. > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> that sounds like good advice! it makes a lot of sense. So then.... I will >> no longer do apt-get install upgade but only dist-upgrade. >> >> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: >> >>> The packages on your system were already in a bad state when I >>> recommended you do that. While the dist-upgrade might have lead to some of >>> your computers symptoms, it was not the ultimate cause of your problems. >>> One thing that could happen with a dist-upgrade that won't happen with a >>> plain upgrade in that it can remove (and add) packages in order to make >>> your system completely up to date. You shouldn't ever have a problem, but >>> under very rare circumstances, the system will try to uninstall important >>> packages that make your system run. Usually after you've done something >>> weird to your system, or when you've installed someone's PPA who doesn't >>> know what they are doing with dependencies. >>> I'd suggest that you need to run dist-upgrade more often, not less or >>> not at all. On all my systems, I ONLY do dist-upgrade, I can't even >>> remember the last time I did a simple upgrade. Running it more often will >>> keep your system more up to date and put all the necessary packages on your >>> system for the software to work correctly rather than putting a subset of >>> packages that will leave your system more and more out of date. >>> >>> Think about it this way. A piece of software has a security problem or >>> wants to add features and the fix is to add in a new library that does >>> something that fixes the problem. If you just do an upgrade then apt will >>> not upgrade that piece of software at all because it would require it to >>> also install an additional package{s). Now if there are other pieces of >>> software that say they want a certain version of the first program in order >>> to satisfy their dependencies those also won't get upgraded. Do this over >>> and over and before too long you have system where your desktop is in a >>> very strange state where it up to date in some places and out of date in >>> others. >>> >>> It's best just to keep it completely up to date in the first place with >>> dist-upgrade. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> >>> On 01/09/2016 04:49 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>> You were oh so right Brian. I had changed the window manager in / home. >>> Now whenever I restore root nothing is fixed. I will NEVER do a >>> dist-upgrade again. Everytime I have my system crashes! Now I am trying to >>> restore my home directory which was created with rsync. The exact command >>> was: >>> >>> rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents >>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk >>> >>> What would the command be to restore My home directory. I figure it is >>> easier to restore home (which I had just recently update) than to fix the >>> window manager. >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: