On 25/05/14 04:22, Greg Madden wrote:
> Thought I would start a thread to gather info on what method(s) work to
> upgrade from 3.5.13.2 > R14.
>
> System: Debian Squeeze LTS, AMD64. I changed my sources list to the
> nightlies. Ran "apt-get update".  There is one package to be removed,
> many new packages to be installed and fewer to be upgraded.
>
>   'apt-get upgrade' will not install the new packages, they are held
> back. I used 'aptitude upgrade' and the resolver figured out all the
> depends, new installs, upgrades and removal.
>
> Almost perfect, better than any previous upgrades. A couple of  things I
> noticed is my desktop wallpaper was set at the default, I like 'alien
> nights' :-)
>
> Ending my current session via the logout dialog drops me to a cli, I
> have to 'restart tdm-trinity'.
>
> I did test this on a vm (cloned) I have for legacy support purposes.
> Real hardware may be different.
>

There is already a thread on this!

> 'apt-get upgrade' will not install the new packages, they are held
> back.

You need 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (unless you prefer aptitude)

> I did this from  konsole in an x session.

A major upgrade of stuff that's currently running, while in an x 
session, surely invites unpredictable trouble.

Regards,

David