On Sun November 19 2006 8:46 pm, Lonnie Freeman wrote: > Wow, what a change! (But not a good one!) > Is there any way to go back to FC5? > > Problems: Upgraded from FC5 to FC6, using CD's. The upgrade was REALLY > SLOW! As in 5 hours! Granted I am using a slower computer, but it is > not that bad. Intel 733, 384 meg of memory, worked good on FC5. > Updates will not work...yum cannot find web site. Checked yesterday > and, yes, the web site was down. That also means "remove software" will > not work. : ( > Java is changed, as in broken... > Most of all, ctrl. alt. plus or minus will not change screen resolution > now! That has been a shining app for linux since the beginning! > I can work from the command line but I prefer GUI. Now things work in > Gnome but are broke in KDE and vice versa, meaning I am always in the > wrong GUI when I want to do something. And it is strange things, like I > can mount network files in Gnome, but not SMB4K??? What's up with that? > Sound card works fine for system sounds, Amerock crashes. Xine doesn't > work now... > Grrrr... Makes Ubuntu look palatable. Maybe Suse? I have been with Red > Hat since v.7.2. I will get the bugs worked out (will help a lot when I > can update, and when I am not so frustrated with Sun about their java > policies). But this has not been a pleasant experience! Anybody have > ideas about how to fix the broken stuff that are easier than rip out and > reinstall? Well, I can't speak to your specific issues, but, I did use the DVD to upgrade an FC5 to FC6 box. Had all sort of problems at first. One thing that hit me in the head after a couple of days was that I hadn't updated all my repos. Had to go through each one and change the version (I use smart, so that may not apply to you). Once I did that, it pulled in a bunch of updates that fixed almost everything. There are a few small issues remaining that I haven't had time to fool with. My upgrade was equally tortuous, taking over 6 hours - this on a P4 2.8GHz w/ 1GB ram. All is well - give it a few days - you'll probably get it sorted out. FWIW - I use KDE-redhat solely, and the KDE-Redhat updates fixed all my desktop issues. I recall some issue with Xine that came with the distro, that had to be fixed by a subsequent patch - someone else with better memory might chime in on that. Otherwise, no problems with sound. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
