On Sunday 21 May 2006 01:54 pm, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Sunday 21 May 2006 11:07, Bruce Marshall wrote:
Hmmm.... I didn't change anything, but both 10.1 and 10.0 share the same /home directory. Could it be that something is screwed up on my home directory now that prevents either system from starting graphics.
My understanding is that sharing the same /home/{user}/ directory across releases is asking for trouble. The newer version updates whatever obsoleted parts it finds in the environment. This usually confuses the earlier version when it's booted. I would think these kinds of problems might be amplified in cases where the later version is, itself, somehow 'broken.'
I've got 9.3, 10.0 and 10.1 coexisting nicely on this system. I have:
/home/carl93 /home/carl10 /home/carl10-1
I agree with your approach. I've never had a problem with keeping the same /home but certainly there can be problems. At the very least /home should be backed up (which I do every night) so that things can be put back in place. However, using your approach, last night I gave 10.1 a different /home while I did some playing. Wasn't able to make any progress with 10.1 so I booted back to 10.0 only to find that the monitor would *still* hang. I have no idea why because I did some checking and could not find anything that looked like it was changed..... and it shouldn't have even been near 10.0. I restored my <home>/.kde directory and then everything worked. So it doesn't appear to be a total answer to the problems of booting between two releases.... (and 10.1 still won't work with my monitor at 1600x1200)