On 6/9/07, Jeffrey Ross <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm sorely disappointedly in this release, not sure where it went wrong >> but... >> >> I'm going back to FC6, at least it was stable. Fedora 7 locks up the >> machine constantly. Longest run time I've had with Fedora 7 was roughly >> 23 hrs, shortest was about 15 minutes. >> >> FC6 ran for weeks on end and only got restarted because I downloaded a >> new kernel it *NEVER* locked up the machine. >> >> Besides F7 locking the system up, I've had GNOME loose the desktop >> (Panels?) where I had all the windows but the menu bars disappeared. Or >> I've had the menu freeze on GNOME where the application menu drops down >> and then freezes, all the other windows that are up already continue to >> work fine. >> >> I do plan on going back to Fedora 7, maybe wait a month or two maybe the >> kernel issues will be straightened out. > > Yes, Jeff, F7 kernel is in fact buggy. However, you can install the > last FC6 kernel on F7 and it works. Here, I am running F7 with a FC6 > kernel. How do I install the kernel from FC6 on the F7 machine?
I am not sure, as I did not install it; I did a yum install of F7 and the FC6 kernel was already installed. However, you can get the rpms of FC6 kernel in the updates repositories of FC6. Paul
