On 15/07/2019 00:27, Chris Schram wrote:
> I have been running WeeWX on a Pi 3B with Raspbian Stretch since early
> 2018. I do an automated Duplicity backup once-a-week, and a separate
> backup of my WeeWX files just before I update my software and reboot,
> which I also perform weekly. My software update script contains these
> lines:

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> Like I said, I've been doing this weekly since early 2018 with no
> headaches. This week however, I lost my entire visual interface: no
> command line, no GUI, as if my HDMI port was completely dead. I could
> still ssh in and verify that the Pi was running more or less properly.

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> Now the question: What have I been doing in my backups since early 2018
> that finally came back and bit me in the butt? I'd like to do an in situ
> upgrade to Buster pretty soon, but I won't proceed with that until I
> learn what I've been doing wrong.

I don't think it was the backups that went wrong, but an upgrade that
failed part way through. Quite often part of the upgrade is to put in
redirects for the overlays in /boot, and restore the contents afterwards.

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