Re: reverting to 'standard' etch installation

michael wrote:
> Folks, I made a cuckoo (mess up) - I had installed Etch from netinst and
> done the upgrades. That was a while ago. Last night I decided I wanted
> gnomad2 from unstable so amended my /etc/apt/sources.list and installed
> it (along with other dependencies, particularly I remember OO being
> removed/(re)installed). Now I seem to be having problems with gdm/X
> (non-responding). I think I'd prefer the stable Etch without gnomad2,
> but how do I easily "unroll" what I did last night? I'm happy to
> re-install Etch from the CD but is there a quicker way and anyway not to
> lose the data on the HD?
> Pointers to FAQs (surely I'm not the first!) are most welcome!
>
> T.I.A.
> Michael
>

You can try using the apt_preferences file in /etc/apt

For me, adding the following lines and doing an apt-get dis-upgrade once worked (that was long ago for going back to sarge from etch)

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 1001

YMMV

-- 
Raj Kiran Grandhi


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