On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:46 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:15:23 -0600, Aaron wrote: > > > > > I installed the libdrm-2.4.17-1.fc12.i686 > > from koji on my desktop (F12) and all was fine. > > > > However, when I tried to do that on my lapt2.4.17-1.fc12.i686op things > > went wrong.. > > 1. The yum update process demanded thhagt libdrm-devel be installed. > > Which I did from koji. > > 2.. The machine would no longer boot into Gnome. > > > > To fix it I had to remove the koji based lbdrm and libdrm-devel and > > install from fedora updates. > > > > I assume this might have happened to someone else. > > What are you trying to point out? > > An old libdrm-devel package installed on your machine depends on the > old libdrm, so you needed to update both. But that was not necessary of the desktop machine. The koji install was suggested on the list so I tried it and it worked on the desktop. > The same libdrm has been made a "stable" update already: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2010-0252 > > Please don't play with builds found in koji unless you know what you're > doing or unless a package maintainer asks you to try a specific build. > > In this case it might have been more productive to give feedback on > libdrm while it was still in updates-testing. -- ======================================================================= Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. -- Russell Baker ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
