16 -> 17 = No HDMI [RESOLVED]

[Michael Hennebry]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Ed Greshko wrote:

> On 06/11/2012 12:15 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/11/2012 12:02 PM, Fedora User wrote:
>>>> I had also discovered some difficulty with mplayer. That, too, is
>>>> resolved with the correct driver. I'll wager that there are a number of
>>>> people who have the wrong driver installed and don't even know it - yet.
>>>
>>> You may also want to run
>>>
>>> yum distro-sync
>>>
>>> and even....
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep fc16
>>>
>>> to see what, if any, F16 packages may be lingering around.
>>
>> Be careful, Mort.
>> 'Tis my understanding that some packages are supposed to linger.
>> Don't remove them until you know you can replace them.
>>
>
> Caution is always advisable, of course.  But could you name one package that is known
> to linger or needs to be left untouched?
>
> My fresh install of f17 has no f16 packages.  AFAIK, the only f16 packages that would
> be left over after an upgrade would be either one of these conditions...
>
> 1.  An f16 package that is no longer part of f17 but not specifically removed by the
> upgrade process.
>
> 2.  A package supplied in F17 but not changed/recompiled to be known as fc17.
>
> I have only found two...that fit #2....after a cursory look in the repos.