Cannot skip update

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(15-04-2018 16:55)simoncn Wrote:  I have confirmed that the update dialog works correctly from a remote instance of MinimWatch. To check this on your system, please do the following:

OK, so I have done this test, but not without some difficulties.

First, I discovered that I was still running MinimWatch 0.8.4 update 57. I had assumed that the update system was keeping it up to date, but apparently not for major updates, so I downloaded the latest version and installed it.

When I ran the new MinimWatch, it prompted me to install update 60. I decided to click the "Remind me later" button just to see what would happen, and guess what? Another dialog immediately appeared! So the same problem is occurring with MinimWatch like I thought. I then went ahead and installed the update.

When I tried to uninstall MinimServer I got some errors:

Removing links for automatic startup...
Acquiring root privilege for system configuration update...
Unrecognized character \xF0; marked by <-- HERE after <-- HERE near column 1 at /usr/share/perl/5.24/strict.pm line 1.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 6.

So I ran uninstall again and this time I got:

No MinimServer instances are running
Removing MinimServer installation files...
rm: cannot remove '/home/pi/Programs/minimserver/tmp/native/libohNet.so': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/home/pi/Programs/minimserver/tmp/native/libohNetJni.so': Permission denied

I ended up having to delete these files manually using sudo.

Now the old installation was finally gone, and I was able to reinstall and complete the test without any further problems. MinimServer produced the correct output, so apparently autoUpdate worked correctly in this case. Also, MinimWatch did produce an update dialog, and the "Remind me later" button worked as it should.

So I think something was messed up on my original MinimServer installation. Hopefully now it's fixed and things should work properly from now on.

There is one thing I'm wondering about. You mentioned "a headless instance" of MinimServer. To me, my server is headless just because I have no monitor or input devices connected. Is there something different with MinimServer on a headless setup? I did originally have desktop integration enabled - does this need to be disabled for a headless configuration? Thanks.