Upgrade Lessons

Hello,
We are evaluating a upgrade from XI 3.0 to PI 7.3 and are wondering if there have been any Case Studies / Lessons learnt in Upgrade Cycles?
Migration is a easier approach but budget and a complex B2B landscape makes us want to go down the upgrade route. Was wondering if someone can share their experiences on Upgrades of XI3.0 to PI ( 7.11 lessons would also be OK! )
Regards,
Bhavesh

Hello,
Adds lot more to our already limited timelines and budget but I guess we will have to do that!
Yes, regression testing should be done
Appreciate any additional issues / things you remember.Some key pointers we are looking for would be below! Our landscape has all of this and lots more
Was it smooth from a Basis perspective?
What was the downtime needed on production?
Did your landscape have just A2A or B2B?
Did you have DAE's with Multiple ABAP & Java App server Instances?
I can't really speak how smooth or rough it was for Basis, but the upgrade path was like this:
1.) Old XI -> PI 7.1 Dev(upgrade)
The QA and the Prod were both clean installs and hence much easier to maintain once all the headaches in dev were fixed
There was no downtime in prod at least from our perspective because two instances were running at the same time XI prod and PI 7.1 prod, we just had to make sure that when we moved to PI prod, all the interfaces in XI prod are turned off.
Our landscape both have A2A and B2B scenarios. For the B2B/A2A ones, we had to keep them in the loop for the upgrade path so they would know when the switching of interfaces would take place.
Yes, a consolidated blog would be great
Regards,
Mark

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4173 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=133164, ...}) = 0
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4173 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e23000
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4173 mprotect(0xb7f8a000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
4173 mprotect(0xb80eb000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
4173 munmap(0xb80ad000, 133164) = 0
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4173 access("/home/mgp/.xserverrc", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4173 brk(0) = 0x9264000
4173 brk(0x9285000) = 0x9285000
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x8048eb0, [ALRM], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x8048e90, [USR1], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [USR1], [], 8) = 0
4173 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7e23728) = 4174
4174 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], <unfinished ...>
4173 setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 4174, -1 <unfinished ...>
4174 <... rt_sigprocmask resumed> NULL, 8) = 0
4174 rt_sigaction(SIGTTIN, {0x1, [TTIN], SA_RESTART}, <unfinished ...>
4173 <... setpriority resumed> ) = 0
4174 <... rt_sigaction resumed> {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4174 rt_sigaction(SIGTTOU, {0x1, [TTOU], SA_RESTART}, <unfinished ...>
4173 waitpid(4174, <unfinished ...>
4174 <... rt_sigaction resumed> {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 <... waitpid resumed> 0x804b940, WNOHANG) = 0
4174 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x1, [USR1], SA_RESTART}, <unfinished ...>
4173 write(2, "\n"..., 1 <unfinished ...>
4174 <... rt_sigaction resumed> {0x8048e90, [USR1], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
4174 setpgid(0, 4174) = 0
4174 execve("/bin/X", ["X", ":0"], [/* 33 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 execve("/usr/bin/X", ["X", ":0"], [/* 33 vars */] <unfinished ...>
4173 <... write resumed> ) = 1
4173 alarm(15) = 0
4173 rt_sigsuspend([] <unfinished ...>
4174 <... execve resumed> ) = 0
4174 brk(0) = 0x8baa000
4174 fcntl64(0, F_GETFD) = 0
4174 fcntl64(1, F_GETFD) = 0
4174 fcntl64(2, F_GETFD) = 0
4174 access("/etc/suid-debug", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
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4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0I\0\0004\0\0\0,"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=119590, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 98784, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f1a000
4174 mprotect(0xb7f2e000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0
4174 mmap2(0xb7f2f000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14) = 0xb7f2f000
4174 mmap2(0xb7f31000, 4576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f31000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libXfont.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 e\0\0004\0\0\0\34"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=242478, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 223616, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ee3000
4174 mmap2(0xb7f18000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x34) = 0xb7f18000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libXau.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\10\0\0004\0\0\0\20"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=9706, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 10112, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ee0000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ee2000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7ee2000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/tls/i686/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/tls/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/tls/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/tls", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/i686/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/i686/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/i686", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/lib/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/tls/i686/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/tls/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/tls/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/tls", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/i686/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/i686/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/i686", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/sse2/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 stat64("/usr/lib/sse2", 0xbfd93e3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4174 open("/usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0207\0\0004\0\0\0\\"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=394811, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 363888, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e87000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ede000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x57) = 0xb7ede000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libhal.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320*\0\0004\0\0\0\340"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=71014, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 64412, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e77000
4174 mmap2(0xb7e86000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe) = 0xb7e86000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0PQ\0\0004\0\0\0,"..., 512) = 512
4174 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e76000
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=285567, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 230592, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e3d000
4174 mmap2(0xb7e74000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x36) = 0xb7e74000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\17\0\0004\0\0\0\344"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=20705, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 19708, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e38000
4174 mmap2(0xb7e3c000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3) = 0xb7e3c000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\332\3\0004\0\0\0D"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0555, st_size=1561754, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 1381304, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ce6000
4174 mmap2(0xb7e1f000, 90112, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x139) = 0xb7e1f000
4174 mmap2(0xb7e35000, 9144, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e35000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \n\0\0004\0\0\0\\"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=13419, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 12408, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ce2000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ce4000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7ce4000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@4\0\0004\0\0\0("..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=180855, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 151680, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7cbc000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ce0000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x23) = 0xb7ce0000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220\30\0\0004\0\0\0\234"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=39252, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 33364, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7cb3000
4174 mmap2(0xb7cba000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7cba000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20#\0\0004\0\0\0\344"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=129370, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7cb2000
4174 mmap2(NULL, 119784, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c94000
4174 mmap2(0xb7cb1000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1c) = 0xb7cb1000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220k\1\0004\0\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1553884, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 1333512, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7b4e000
4174 mmap2(0xb7c8e000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13f) = 0xb7c8e000
4174 mmap2(0xb7c91000, 10504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7c91000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`}\0\0004\0\0\0,"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=604088, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 542228, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ac9000
4174 mmap2(0xb7b4a000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x81) = 0xb7b4a000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\30\0\0004\0\0\0\30"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=82987, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 78844, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ab5000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ac8000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x12) = 0xb7ac8000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 open("/usr/lib/libfontenc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
4174 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\f\0\0004\0\0\0004"..., 512) = 512
4174 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=30017, ...}) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 24288, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7aaf000
4174 mmap2(0xb7ab4000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x5) = 0xb7ab4000
4174 close(3) = 0
4174 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7aae000
4174 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7aad000
4174 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7aad6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
4174 mprotect(0xb7c8e000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
4174 mprotect(0xb7cba000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
4174 mprotect(0xb7ce0000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
4174 mprotect(0xb7ce4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
4174 mprotect(0xb7e74000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
4174 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
4173 <... rt_sigsuspend resumed> ) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
4173 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
4173 rt_sigsuspend([]) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
4173 --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) ---
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x8048eb0, [ALRM], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048eb0, [ALRM], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
4173 sigreturn() = ? (mask now [USR1])
4173 alarm(0) = 0
4173 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
4173 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3
4173 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"...}, 20) = -1 ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused)
4173 close(3) = 0
4173 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3
4173 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"...}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
4173 close(3) = 0
4173 waitpid(4174, [{WIFSIGNALED(s) && WTERMSIG(s) == SIGSEGV}], WNOHANG) = 4174
4173 write(2, "giving up.\r\n"..., 12) = 12
4173 write(2, "xinit: "..., 8) = 8
4173 write(2, "No such file or directory (errno "..., 38) = 38
4173 write(2, "unable to connect to X server\r\n"..., 31) = 31
4173 kill(-4174, SIGTERM) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x1, [TERM], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x1, [QUIT], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x1, [INT], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x1, [HUP], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x1, [PIPE], SA_RESTART}, {0x8048e80, [], 0}, 8) = 0
4173 write(2, "xinit: "..., 8) = 8
4173 write(2, "No such process (errno 3): "..., 28) = 28
4173 write(2, "Server error.\n"..., 14) = 14
4173 exit_group(1) = ?
I've searched over for a solution but can't really find anything relevant. I've tried installing xorg a few times. Also hal and all that stuff but I don't trust myself too much on that. I don't know how to proceed any further and would appreciate any help possible or any ideas you think I could try. I'm pretty sure it's something quite stupid. Thanks for your time and consideration.
Best regards,
Michael
Last edited by mgp (2009-09-24 06:31:36)

Hi all,
I fixed it. By looking closely at the strace I figured that for some reason X couldn't access my /tmp. I remember setting my /tmp directories in fstab to mount on tmpfs so I figured that wasn't working anymore. I removed my tmp entries in fstab (will have to refigure that one out). Something changed with the devices. Maybe I wasn't using udev before or something as it also has problems mounting devices it previously mounted on boot. However all this happened before I changed kernel. Dunno, anyway, it works although I have to fix a bunch of small things that still don't work. Lesson would be update often (hadn't done so in a year) and keep in touch with what is going on in the community (eee instructions have changed a lot -and become slightly more confusing-). Anyway, thanks for your help, specially Rasi.
Best regards,
Michael

Software upgrade, sync and performance problems.

When upgrading to the new iPhone software 4.0. on my iPhone 3G all my pictures captured on my iPhone during the last year has disappeared.
No backup is available in iTunes and the previous upgrades did NOT delete any content in the iPhone. Why did this change and how do I get the pictures back??
The phone is also gradually getting slow - opening a text message takes 5-8 sec this is also not acceptable.
I am a big Apple fan and has been very happy the last 6 years but the iPhone is currently not a product I would recommend to anyone. I also don't recommend SW upgrading since performance keeps going down with the introduction of fancy new features.
Any help/suggestions is appreciated, thanks

Not sure why the photos in the Camera Roll are not included with your iPhone's backup, which has nothing to do with installing the firmware update. This means something was wrong with the backup for your iPhone. I didn't lose any data on my 3G when installing 4.0, but I always import the photos in the Camera Roll especially before installing a firmware update.
Although photos in the Camera Roll are included with the iPhone's backup or should be, so is a significant amount of other data. Photos in the Camera Roll should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera. Not a good idea to depend on your iPhone's backup and your iPhone alone for this data which can be lost or stolen. I've always imported photos from every digital camera I've used and the same with my iPhone's digital camera, which should be treated the same as any other digital camera for a number of reasons.
Contacts are also included with your iPhone's backup or should be, but contacts are designed to be synced with a supported address book application on your computer and should be available on your computer with or without an iPhone or with or without any cell phone. I've helped countless people here who manually enter all contacts on their cell phone and depend on their cell phone alone for this important data, which can be lost or stolen.
Problems like this certainly did exist a few years back. Hardware can fail, data transfer can fail or get corrupted, and user error or not taking precaution when important data is involved. There are many more people here that don't maintain a backup for any important data on their computer's hard drive than do.
Losing important data is painful, but painful lessons are usually learned the best. Things can and do go wrong. For future reference, import the photos in the Camera Roll ASAP, and especially before installing a major firmware update when the transfer of an existing backup is involved.

ICal event have disappeared after upgrading to Lion. Please help!

After upgrading to Lion, pre-existed calendar events (Newer ones) have disappeared. How can I recover?

Greetings Alex,
If you have a backup of your computer from before you upgraded then you can restore the data from your backup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
--- Let us know if you have a backup and if so, what type it is and we can tell you how to restore your calendars.
--- If you don't have a backup, consider starting one following the article above ASAP. Anyone with information they care about on their computer should have a backup. It is a hard lesson that every computer user learns at least once.
If you do not have a backup from before you upgraded:
1. Make an iCal backup so you don't lose what you have currently: Click on each calendar on the left hand side of iCal one at a time highlighting it's name and then going to File Export > Export and saving the resulting calendar file to a logical location for safekeeping.
2. Go to iCal > Quit iCal
3. Remove the following to the trash and restart your computer:
Home > Library > Caches > com.apple.ical (There may be more than one of these. Remove all files and folders that start with this phrase)
Home > Library > Calendars > Calendar Cache, Cache, Cache 1, 2, 3, etc. (Do not remove Sync Cache or Theme Cache if present)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.ical (There may be more than one of these. Remove all files and folders that start with this phrase.)
---NOTE: Removing these files may remove any shared (CalDAV) calendars you may have access to. You will have to re-add those calendars to iCal > Preferences > Accounts.
---NOTE: To get to "Home > Library" in Lion:
4. Open iCal and see if the events you are looking for magically reappear.
If the events don't appear and you don't have a backup or have the events on another device like an iPhone or iPad then your only other option would be to use data recovery software or a data recovery company to try to get the data back (although it might be easier to just re-create the data as best you can).
Data Recovery software examples:
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/
http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products _id=1
You can contact a local Apple Authorized Provider to see if they offer data recovery services: http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/service/
There are many nationwide / worldwide data recovery companies out there. Here are a few examples:
http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com
http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/
http://www.totalrecall.com/
Hope that helps and best of luck to you.

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