Fedora 12 upgrade sucks

[n2xssvv.g02gfr12930]

On 19/11/09 22:09, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 22:01 +0000, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote:
>> I tried to upgrade my laptop from Fedora 11 to 12 today, using yumex.
>> The result sucks.
>>
>> The latest kernel cannot run a GUI
>>
>> The only video driver that appears to work is vesa, (should use either
>> nv or nouveau for nvidia graphics), and therefore not at required
>> resolution, or openGL applications.
> 
> Do you have the proprietary Nvidia driver installed? If you do, remove
> it.
> 
> I've upgraded 4 computers from F-11 to F-12 using "yum update" in a
> screen or a virtual console. Two of them are Nvidia based. I remember
> having some problems with the proprietary nvidia driver, but I think
> that was just because there isn't a F12 version in RPMFusion, yet.
> Removing the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia package fixed the problem.
> 
> (clip)
> 
>> I managed to upgrade my PC from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11 using yumex
>> successfully, hence my disappointment!
> 
> *DON'T* upgrade with a GUI, since X often hangs during distribution
> upgrades. See
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#4._Do_the_upgrade

The proprietary nvidia driver was removed due to dependencies, and it
still sucks. As for the upgrade process crashing, that was not a
problem. Thank you for your suggestion, but it does nothing to improve
my confidence, so I still do not recommend upgrading to Fedora 12, based
on my experience, and others experiences.

JB