[Solved]how to revert last upgrade

Newbie, here. With the last upgrade I lost my wireless connection, I am using an AUR package for my RTL8191SE and it is not updated yet. Until then I want to revert my upgrade. My cache still has the old packages, so if I could only know which packages were updated. I couldn't find anything in wiki, so any help is highly appreciated.
Last edited by sonay (2011-01-31 20:24:48)

Look in /var/log/pacman.log
# edit just mirroring skunktrader's post...
Last edited by jasonwryan (2011-01-31 20:21:41)

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Last edited by Lockheed (2014-10-22 12:43:57)

Perhaps "grep autologin -R /etc /usr/lib" would point you to something.
-edit-
Maybe grep for "getty", as apparently "-a" is equivalent to "--autologin".
-edit-
Okay. Remove "-a" in the file you pasted.
-edit-
You could also remove the symlink and the file it points to and create there a symlink to the file coming with systemd, as your file differs somewhat from what I have.
ls -l /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]
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[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded intltool (0.36.0-1 -> 0.36.1-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded libarchive (2.2.5-1 -> 2.2.6-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded man-pages (2.60-1 -> 2.64-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded pciutils (2.2.4-2 -> 2.2.6-1)
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[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded libxrender (0.9.2-1 -> 0.9.3-1)
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Last edited by saneone (2007-08-30 18:11:32)

Bogart wrote:
I think the spacing now is correct, while before it was wrong. The only "problem" is that you got used to a bad font rendering, and now that it has changed for better you feel like it's different and don't like it.
Really, *most* of the problems that people find in Linux's fonts are just because they are used to the awful default fonts from Windows XP. Yes, people can even get used to those fonts and believe they're good!!! And when they see correct fonts in Linux they think they're bad...
What I would do is remove the MS TTF fonts. They work bad in Windows and worse in Linux. You should use Bitstream Vera or DejaVu if you want good quality fonts (especially in web pages).
But, then again, you might think that they look wrong just because you're not used to it... Oh, well...
What does correct font / correct spacing mean ?
IMO, that doesn't make any sense, because that's a totally subjective matter, like many other things in this world.
BTW, I love how fonts look in Windows, and I think that must be the only thing MS got right. Thus, I'm using ms fonts in linux, and a rendering as close as possible (no autohinting or antialiasing or subpixel rendering).
Similarly, I could find a woman beautiful that you would find ugly or just average. We are all different, and it's better that way

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still searching, first of all some tests I've made with the help of the guys at #bash
[11:33] <`Samus_> guys is it possible that starting X somehow erases my prompt?
[11:33] <`Samus_> I know that's is not purely bash and maybe OS-specific sorry
[11:33] <`Samus_> but it's geting me nuts
[11:33] <{xmb}> cant find it
[11:34] * Vadi ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:34] * Vadi ([email protected]) has left #bash
[11:34] <pgas> `Samus_: where do you define your prompt?
[11:34] * albech ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:35] * Agiofws has quit (Remote closed the connection)
[11:35] <`Samus_> is bieng defined in /etc/profile (/etc/profile.bash really but it-s sourced from there) there-s no PS1 in .bashrc and the rest of the variables are set
[11:35] <`Samus_> the most weird part is that in the virtual consoles (Ctrl+Alt+[1-6]) is ok
[11:36] <{xmb}> smells likke a code fault
[11:36] <`Samus_> but everything under X not
[11:36] <pgas> what if you do bash --login in xterm?
[11:36] * Oper_ ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:36] <`Samus_> let's see
[11:37] <`Samus_> bash --login shows it ok
[11:37] <`Samus_> in fact resourcing /etc/profile fixes it too
[11:38] <{xmb}> code fault something where
[11:38] <pgas> ok, so one of the script starting X sets PS!
[11:38] <pgas> you are on debian? have you checked /etc/bash.bashrc ?
[11:38] <`Samus_> that's what I think but I can't find it
[11:39] <`Samus_> no I'm on archlinux
[11:39] <pgas> what if you type just "bash" in a terminal?
[11:39] <`Samus_> and it might be some mistake because it started to happen after the last upgrade
[11:39] * floyd_n_milan ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:39] * hark ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:40] <`Samus_> 'bash' shows the wrong prompt, 'bash --login' the right one
[11:40] <pgas> in a terminal with the correct PS1 that is
[11:40] * osfulgore ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:40] <`Samus_> oh, in a terminal with the right prompt it stays ok
[11:40] * `Samus_ fells kinda lost...
[11:41] <pgas> ok, so the problem seems to be in one of the script used to start X
[11:42] * prince_jammys has quit ("Konversation terminated!")
[11:42] * Oper_ has quit ("Íå çíàåòå Äàíèëà Áåðåíöåâà? Îí ñêîðî âñòðåòèòñÿ âàì! Íå ñëûøàëè òàêîãî àâòîðà? Äîñòàíüòå ïðÿìî çàâòðà!!!")
[11:42] * Oper_ ([email protected]) has joined #bash
[11:42] <`Samus_> grepping 'PS1' in /etc/X11 didn't showed anything
[11:42] <`Samus_> some clue of what should I look for (or where)?
[11:43] <pgas> startx? ask #archlinux?
[11:43] <`Samus_> going...
I've also tried different WMs (KDE, xmonad) and they have this same problem but then, "fgrep 'PS1' /usr/bin/startx" and "fgrep -R 'PS1' /etc/X11/" showed nothing!! now what?
truly wtf...

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@Knute: indeed.
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[SOLVED] Unable to boot after last upgrade [HP Smart Array]

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After last upgrade I'm unable to boot. I have fileserver with 2 discs in HP Smart Array RAID 1.
While booting, kernel is unable to find my raid (should be cciss) and therefore lvm2 hook fails to find root partition. While going into recovery, I can chroot without an issue, lsmod shows that cciss driver is properly loaded, disk exits in /dev/cciss/, logical group and volumes are detected properly.
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Any help will be appreciated.
Last edited by edke (2012-06-04 10:39:20)

Thank you for your quick reply.
DSpider wrote:First of all, have you tried the Fallback entry? Because initramfs-linux-fallback.img is supposed to have a full range of modules.
Of course, no change.
DSpider wrote:
Second, after editing /etc/mkinitcpio.conf you need to regenerate your initramfs.
# mkinitcpio -p linux
But the MODULES section needs to have something in there...
Here's mine:
MODULES="pata_amd sata_nv ehci-hcd ohci-hcd ext2 ext3 ext4 vfat snd-hda-intel"
You probably need "mdadm" or "mdadm_udev" in there too, I'm not sure... I don't use RAID, but maybe these will help:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mk … Using_RAID
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/So … ID_and_LVM
HP Smart Array is hardware RAID, therefore I don't need mdadm. Right module should be cciss, but this is somehow not working. Adding this into MODULES does not add cciss module to image.
When I'm booting from Arch install for recovery and chroot, cciss is loaded and my HP Smart Array disk is visible.

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