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[Ed Greshko]

On 08/25/14 10:42, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:
> After rebooting from the crash I ran a YUM update.
> After updating a few thousand files YUM started
> slowing down and eventually wedged.  Apparently
> some limit had been reached on the 32 GB system.
>
> We all know not to stop YUM in the middle of an
> operation, but there was no alternative.
>
> I then did a fresh install of the current Fedora 21.
> Two important packages had serious problems.
>
> I could not get the firewall to enable needed services
> on the port facing the internet.
>
> I could not get httpd to run.  It failed, complaining
> about not being able to identify its hostname and/or
> domainname.  I started seeing this a few days ago
> but on omen.com it is a show stopper.
>
> After a while I gave up and did a net install of good old
> Heisenbug.  My various scripts for setting up Fedora
> to my tastes seem to have worked perfectly.  Even
> /bin/lp works properly!  A very smooth install indeed.
>
> I do miss the new gnome-terminal that rejoins borken
> lines when resized.
>
>

Of course you are only testing F21 in the Alpha stage and not trying or even thinking of running it in production.

And, of course, you are doing the needful thing and submitting bugzillas for problems you encounter and verify.  Right?

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