On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:58:26 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > > > > It just dawned on me that against all good advice on this list and > > elsewhere I decided to *upgrade* from FC6 to Fedora 7 instead of a fresh > > install. That's why I had some minor issues two months ago, such as my > > printer wasn't working and K3b didn't work either. Both problems were > > resolved by removing and reinstalling. > > If I'm not mistaken, there are some packages renamed '.rpmnew' in my > > system right now as a result of the upgrade. Guess I'll have to look > > into them and see if there's something explaining why the new kernel > > panics at boot. I also might consider a fresh install... > > > The .rpmnew files are the stock configuration files for the updated > RPM. They are generated when the existing configuration file is > different then the stock configuration file for the old RPM, and the > format of the configuration file has not changed between versions. > (there may be new options, but the new version can understand the > old format.) If the new version is not expected to work properly > with the old config file, then the old configuration file is renamed > .rpmsave and the configuration file from the new RPM is used. In > ether case, you have the old configuration so that you can migrate > your changes to the new configuration file. > Thank you for making this clear, Mikkel. Yes, there are some .rpmsave files in my system, too, but I haven't been bothered with their intricacies because my box has been *just working* before the present 'new kernel panic'. The only time I had to pay attention to .rpmnew files is explained in my other post to Jim Cornette today. > It is usually a good idea to compare the files and see the changes. > sometimes the defaults change, and sometimes there are handy new > features. > > Mikkel All right, I'll do that. Because there are 270 .rpmnew files and I don't know how many .rpmsave files, I have no idea how long it will take to check them all. There are other duties to attend to, as well. Thanks for the explanation, anyway. I hope to be able to report progress ASAP. > Antti
