2007.0-2007.1 upgrade - software repair

[So_it_goes]

Hi guys

 

Need help/ideas.

 

Machine 1 Running a 2007.1 which was ( not so successfull )upgraded from 2007.0, by changing sources,

Machine 2 Running a 'fresh' installed 2007.1

 

Machine 1:

Everything worked Ok for me until I made updates/upgrades 10th October,

this update/upgrade installed 3 libvorbis packages.

Then the machine crashed when I started a FAH folding job.

 

Machine 2 :

The 10th October update installed 4 libvorbis packages.

Works OK, no crashes, FAH folding running.

 

This made me search and I found that

on Machine 1 :

Had libvorbis----.2 installed and libvorbis---.3 locked

Machine 2 :

Had libvorbis----.3 installed

 

So this is one of the places where my upgrade failed.

So now I'm assuming, that I've got more of these mismatches.

Is there a way to find/solve these ?

I..e.

1) Detect mismatches/problems

2) Upgrade/update them

 

Thanks for any help

 

//

 

PS

A fresh install is the last resort.

DS

[sglafata]

Run this in a command prompt:

 

rpm -qa | sort | xargs -n 1 -t rpm -V &> /home/<username>/Desktop/rpm-Va.txt | exit

 

What it does is it scans your system for all RPMS installed, their associated files, and whether any of those files are missing, and creates a file on your desktop with this information. If any missing files are found, then reinstall the RPMS associated to the missing files.

 

In your case, I would also reinstall the RPM that borked manually. Use:

 

rpm -ivh <messed up rpm>.rpm --force

 

Without the --force at the end, you'll be informed that the package is already installed and stop.

[ianw1974]

If you updated using sources, you have to make sure all config files were updated. So, as long as you have slocate or etc-update installed, you can do one of:

 

etc-update

 

as root (su first), and then replace the config files. Or:

 

slocate rpmnew

 

and then replace all .conf files with the .conf.rpmnew files. A little more painful because you're manually doing it, so etc-update is better in this instance. Then you will be fine, I know because I did upgrade from 2007.0 to 2007.1.

 

Also, make sure you install a newer kernel too, because by default you will stay with the 2007.0 kernel otherwise.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

You can also try this:

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=10447