On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 19:28 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/29/2010 07:16 PM, Tim wrote: > > While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read > > the configuration left behind by Fedora 12, and update it where needed. > > You can't really expect Fedora 12 (when someone is dual-booting) to be > > able to handle Fedora 13 configurations. > > > > The prior messages certainly suggest that they're dual-booting, between > > releases, and not just updating. > > > > For cases like that, I'd second the motion that you keep separate > > homespaces, so the two release's configuration are independent. Keep > > your own files in just one place, and provide a link to that directory, > > or directories, in the second. > > While I do agree with what you've said.... The one thing that hasn't > been determined is if indeed the issue is the differences in settings > between F12 and F13 and jumping between the 2 versions. The OP "thinks" > it was working before the last update. > > I suppose the first thing I would do is to create a new user on F13 and > test under a clean F13 environment. I feel to do otherwise is jumping > to conclusions. > It is generally true that different verions of Fedoraq have different versions of the configuration files. If not developers would be somewhat limited in what they can do. I would doubt that two versions of Fedora would have exactly the sam configuration files. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines