On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 17:39 +0100, G. Schlisio wrote: > Am 28.01.2012 17:35, schrieb P NIKOLIC: > > Well it seems no help then it seems parts are working parts are not so how do i set about uninstalling KDE 4.8 and reverting to the previous working version or is 4.8 the new viersion now if so it has problems > > > > Pete . > > > > > > --- On Sat, 28/1/12, P NIKOLIC<p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: P NIKOLIC<p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [arch-general] Another Major glitch now > > To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 15:43 > > > > I have just updated the system now on kde4.8 but all i get is kmix and a white screen noting else works at all even that took 12 mins to come up > > (ps the update was a normal pacman -Suy ) > > > > > > Pete (sent from webamil on the lappy cus main machine is futzed ) > can you drop to a shell? if so, get some internet connection and > retrieve the old packages from http://arm.konnichi.com/2012/01/26/ > you'll find the kde packages in extra. > you can just install them with a bit bash-hacking (awk, sed, wget, etc). > if you want hints, just ask. For the future you should make backups using tar, when booted to another Linux. Don't sync the backups, always make complete new ones and keep them for a while, so you are able to go back to different versions, just in case you shouldn't notice serious bugs directly after making changes. I'm doing it by a "dirty" script, regarding to globbing it at least isn't wise to use the asterisk. #!/bin/sh # sh ./bak_arch BACKUP_NAME_ADD="2012-Jan-snap-16.bak" clear echo "We are going to backup Arch Linux" echo "Ensure that /media/archlinux and /media/data2 are mounted." echo "Press enter to continue." read any_pushed_key cd /media/archlinux clear echo "Arch Linux backup starting now." tar czf /media/data2/archlinux/archlinux_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD.tar.gz * clear cd /media/data2/archlinux ls archlinux_*.tar.gz -hAl exit 0
