F17 FAIL - long live F16

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

On 06/01/2012 12:25 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 11:17 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>> I did a fresh install of 64 bit F17 from the DVD on omen.com yesterday.
>> I was a bit alarmed at all the funny screens before Anaconda got the
>> X server running.
>>
>> The install did not offer to check the DVD for errors.
>> Apparently there weren't as the install proceeded without problems.
>>
>> The biggest problem is on F17 seems to be networking.  The omen.com
>> machine talks to the internet using a PCI card.  The motherboard
>> gigabit ethernet talks to the local 192.168.1 net.  As with F16 the
>> brain damaged network connections GUI would not let me set
>> the local net without specifying a gateway.  This required me to
>> manually edit the scripts before masquerading could work.
>> Overnight the local net died and I decided to revert to the
>> previously installed F16.
> So...you're saying that F17 behaves exactly the same as F16 except
> something went wrong.
>
> This is very useful information and I shall work on fixing something
> right away!
The difference is that F17 seems unstable running the two networks.
I do not know if I am the only one using Fedora as a gateway.
My situation may be unique.   F17 appears unreliable
on the same machine where F16 has been reliable.

I will see if I can recreate and resolve the problem(s) on another
machine which doesn't have to be reliable.

My problem reports in the past have identified problems before
they were widely known.  You are free to ignore them.

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Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   503-614-0430