[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: rebooting constantly after upgrading packages

[From: Andrey Khurri]

Santtu Lakkala wrote:
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> Álvaro J. Iradier wrote:
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>> Yes, basically you'll need to disable lifeguard flag, and then
>> complete the apt-get upgrade using ssh (when updating maemo-launcher
>> xterm will be killed).
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> This actually depends on which version of osso-xterm is used, the one
> from maemo[1] repositories does not use maemo-launcher, so it is safe to
> use; however, the one from maemo-hackers[2] does use, and will be killed.
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I was using xterm from maemo-hackers so it was killed. I followed the 
steps suggested above and in some previous threads and set the flag 
'no-lifeguard-reset'. After that my device didn't reboot anymore. I 
completed upgrade with 'dpkg --configure -a' and it seemed to fix the 
mess with my packages. However, after that I decided to try to clear 
that flag back hoping that tablet now does not need it. Clearing the 
flag resulted again in cycle reboot of my system. I was wondering 
whether this behavior  is alright?

Also as was mentioned by Johannes  Eickhold in 
http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2006-August/005349.html 
video and audio players are not able to play files any more after this 
failure. With regards to this problem is flashing device the only way to 
fix it?
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