On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 13:42 -0700, Charles Jones wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 13:22 -0700, Charles Jones wrote: > > > > > Just thought I would post that I successfully upgraded my FC7 to FC8 via > > > YUM, and it went pretty smoothly. I first manually downloaded the > > > fedora-release* packages from an FC8 repo mirror, and installed them via > > > "rpm -Uvh fedora*". Then I did a "yum clean all" followed by "yum > > > upgrade". After downloading and installing 1.1GB of new packages, I am > > > now up and running FC8. > > > > > > So far I have noticed that for some reason my main fonts have > > > changed...definitely larger point size. I checked my theme config and it > > > was set to "custom" for some reason. I set it to the "Fedora" theme and > > > it had no effect. I was previously using the nvidia drivers from the > > > livna repo (which seem to work better for dual head), so that could have > > > something to do with it. I no longer see the nvidia logo when X starts > > > up, so I think I'm no longer using it, but dual head still works fine. > > > > > > Another thing I noticed is that I no longer have an issue with booting > > > while my Logitech Webcam is plugged in. With FC7 it would for some > > > reason set the webcam as my primary sound device (it has a mic > > > built-in), and so my normal sound would not work unless I booted with > > > the webcam unplugged. I could then plug it in later and all would work > > > fine. This issue seems to be fixed now, not sure if new kernel did it, > > > or if its the new sound drivers. > > > > > ----- > > dude - forgive me because I am such a slacker. I should have pointed you > > toward this... > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq?highlight=%28upgrade%29%7C% > > 28yum%29 > > > > There is some real valuable info here > > > Thanks! I've done yum distro upgrades many times (even some pretty > crazy remotely performed ones like RH7.2->FC6). That is indeed a > useful page, as in the past I had to learn the hard way about things > like the libata changing all hda devices to sda. > > I'm glad to see they have some notes on FC7->FC8. Looks like I'm glad > my desktop isn't x86_64 or I would have had a lot more problems! Nice > to see that there is apparently a flash plugin available now. I'm > still using: > > # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo > [adobe-linux-i386] > name=Adobe Systems Incorporated > baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/ > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux > > I'm going to do that sound-and-video groupinstall, so I can play > around with PulseAudio. ---- I think I would hang on to the Adobe repo. The libflashsupport I think is to extend flashplayer support for Pulse Audio since it probably isn't part of libflashplayer.so - make sense?
changing hda devices to sda devices wasn't a fedora thing...it was a kernel thing. (2.6.22-18 I think). Fedora actually covered that in the release-notes (as if anyone actually reads release-notes). Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
