ASUS M6000: dual head & upgrade to fedora 8

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Kai-Thorsten Hambrecht schreef:
> Hello,
> 
>> 2. I have downloaded fedora 8, burned this on a disk and used the disk
>> to install on a desktop. No problem. I took the same disk to my Asus
>> (dual boot with Windows XP) and started up from the disk and chose the
>> option "upgrade an existing system". the system began collecting
>> installed packages end thereafter checking dependencies. about 40%
>> through this the system hangs completely (no mouse action either) and
>> only using the on/off button  of the laptop gives any result.
> 
> maybe you should see Redhat Bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011
> 
> but in F8 there is also an issue with dual-head on ATI cards. See:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374901
> 
> Kai.
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Thanks. After reading through the items posted for bug 372011 (=upgrade 
to F8), I decided to stick with F7 and wait for a new iso-image (or F9...).
Especially since the dual-head problem seems as yet unresolved, also in F8.
B.