Be careful with systemd-8-1

[dd_wizard]

There's a heads up (http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-August/141871.html) from Lennart in the dev mailing list about anaconda installs needing to have a sym link created after installing the new systemd. However, my install started as F13 and was updated to F14 rawhide. So, before you update to systemd-8-1.fc14, you should look at Lennart's heads up (http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-August/141871.html) and be ready to make the link in a rescue shell.

dd_wizard

[GoinEasy9]

Thanks dd, BUT
the instructions were revised:

On Thu, 26.08.10 10:07, Vaclav Misek (misek@tnet.cz) wrote:
> Hello Lennart,
> it should be
>
> # ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
>
> or
>
> # ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
>
> isn't it? :-)
Yupp. Sorry for the confusion. I guess one shouldn't write mails like
that at 2am in the morning...

Lennart

Since this is a public list, I included the whole post.

[vallimar]

There is already an 8-2 in Koji that is supposed to fix the default.target link.

[dd_wizard]

I installed it this morning along with initscripts, and all is well. That doesn't mean much since I already made the sym link last night when 8-1 wouldn't boot. :p

dd_wizard

[GoinEasy9]

Heh, at least having to work today saved me some headaches. Mine is a fresh install of F14 alpha, so, I guess I'll have to watch which systemd version comes in on my next upgrade. Last night there was no 8.1 in updates testing. When I get home I'll give it a try. I might just exclude 8-1 and install 8-2, I hate having extra fixes this soon. Unless 8-2 is just going to add the symlinks anyway.

[dd_wizard]

From what I read, 8-2 puts the correct sym link in place in the post script. So you should avoid the whole problem, GE9. Let us know how it goes, especially if you can't boot! :p

dd_wizard

---------- Post added at 01:58 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 PM CDT ----------

Hmm, I just noticed another potential gotcha with any version 8. Be sure to jot down the systemctl command in this post (http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-August/141976.html).

M A Young (m.a.young at durham.ac.uk) said:
> > Note that version 8-2 waiting in bodhi should now handle upgrades from
> > the alpha without problems.
>
> Does it cope with the shutdown problem? After I updated systemd to 8 I
> couldn't shut the computer down, because (if I am remembering
> correctly) it couldn't find reboot.socket

Run 'systemctl daemon-reexec' to fix this.

Bill

Otherwise you may not be able to reboot. I do remember having to use the power switch after the initial update to 8-1. :(

dd_wizard

[GoinEasy9]

I tried installing systemd 8-2 and then did a yum update. Reboot was more like a logoff & login and shutdown would not work. So, koji has systemd 8-3, which fixes the shutdown problem, I installed systemd, systemd-sysvinit and systemd-units from koji and reboot and shutdown are now working.
If you want to skip all the nonsense, install systemd 8-3 from koji before updating, or after updating, but, before you try to reboot or shutdown.

---------- Post added at 10:51 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 PM CDT ----------

BTW - What is systemd-gtk? Gotta look that up.

[tox]

I tried installing systemd 8-2 and then did a yum update. Reboot was more like a logoff & login and shutdown would not work. So, koji has systemd 8-3, which fixes the shutdown problem, I installed systemd, systemd-sysvinit and systemd-units from koji and reboot and shutdown are now working.
If you want to skip all the nonsense, install systemd 8-3 from koji before updating, or after updating, but, before you try to reboot or shutdown.

---------- Post added at 10:51 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 PM CDT ----------

BTW - What is systemd-gtk? Gotta look that up.

look here dude, this is all i can find http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/rpminfo?rpmID=2145103 always go to Koji an find the package an then click on info

or what you could do is go to Terminal ann do this yum info systemd-gtk

[GoinEasy9]

Heh...thanks dexta ... I was thinking, uh, typing out loud. I figured it was a gui, but, I didn't want to install it since it's still in it's infancy, and, I didn't see anything on freedesktop.org about a gui. Just curious.