On 19/11/09 22:09, Jussi Lehtola wrote: > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 22:01 +0000, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: >> I tried to upgrade my laptop from Fedora 11 to 12 today, using yumex. >> The result sucks. >> >> The latest kernel cannot run a GUI >> >> The only video driver that appears to work is vesa, (should use either >> nv or nouveau for nvidia graphics), and therefore not at required >> resolution, or openGL applications. > > Do you have the proprietary Nvidia driver installed? If you do, remove > it. > > I've upgraded 4 computers from F-11 to F-12 using "yum update" in a > screen or a virtual console. Two of them are Nvidia based. I remember > having some problems with the proprietary nvidia driver, but I think > that was just because there isn't a F12 version in RPMFusion, yet. > Removing the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia package fixed the problem. > > (clip) > >> I managed to upgrade my PC from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11 using yumex >> successfully, hence my disappointment! > > *DON'T* upgrade with a GUI, since X often hangs during distribution > upgrades. See > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#4._Do_the_upgrade The proprietary nvidia driver was removed due to dependencies, and it still sucks. As for the upgrade process crashing, that was not a problem. Thank you for your suggestion, but it does nothing to improve my confidence, so I still do not recommend upgrading to Fedora 12, based on my experience, and others experiences. JB -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
