Ed Greshko wrote:
On 05/30/2011 04:11 PM, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote:
To anyone trying to upgrade from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15, DON'T EVEN TRY!!! I've just tried and have had numerous problems, finally resulting in being unable to boot up any kernel version at all, using inittab mode 1,3, or 5. In view of this it appears I will have to reinstall Fedora 14.
Just took a F14 system to F15 using "preupgrade". ZERO problems.
Maybe you should think twice before spreading FUD?
No, upgrading F15 is a pain. Beware, expect danger!
System 1: I tried to upgrade one system using the install DVD. Upon rebooting, I got a blank screen with a flashing cursor. Not even grub! A fresh install (overwriting everything) fixed that, but still...
System 2: I tried it on a second system, using both the Live CD and the install DVD. I got further, but gdm crashed when trying to log users in (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707985, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651180). I found a workaround for that, but the system was super-unstable and prone to long freezes. Swapping in different video cards and ethernet cards didn't fix it, so I had to revert to F14 on that system.
System 3: I used preupgrade-cli with vnc, but it wouldn't boot into anaconda - another black screen with a flashing cursor. Going to the second grub choice landed me safely back in F14.
I'm kind of sad, because I actually really like gnome-shell now! It has quirks, but they'll get ironed out soon enough...
This will be a slow roll-out here, based on results so far :-(
- Mike