On Tuesday 23 June 2009 16:39:51 Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 13:12:31 Eli Wapniarski wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 14:49:01 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 10:02:05 Eli Wapniarski wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:30:20 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 08:33:33 Eli Wapniarski wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 10:12:45 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > I allowed the automatic update on the netbook last night. All > > > > > > > seemed to go well up to and including the message that it was > > > > > > > finishing off the install. When next I looked I had a black > > > > > > > screen with a white square cursor. I left this overnight, in > > > > > > > case something was still running in the background, but it > > > > > > > wasn't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A reboot brought the same display. I was able to get a level3 > > > > > > > login, both as user and root. Can someone advise me where to > > > > > > > look now? Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > > > What happens in lvl3 when you run startx? > > > > > > > > > > After I close the box previously reported I see lines that include > > > > > > > > > > Is GTK+ supported: no > > > > > Is Qt supported: no #which probably explains something :-) > > > > > .... > > > > > kstartupconfig4: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.7: > > > > > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > > FreeType: couldn't open face /usr/share/fonts/cjkuni/ukai.ttc: 1 > > > > > Warning Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > > > > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset > > > > > > > > > > Waiting for X server to shut down Dropping master > > > > > > > > > > So I guess this explains what's happening. Now I presume I have to > > > > > install additional packages to correct these. Can you tell me which > > > > > packages? Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > How did you upgrade you're system? If you used yum, then what happens > > > > when you run yum-complete-transaction? > > > > > > > > Eli > > > > > > Updating the metadata was one display that seemed to go on a long time. > > > I now find that it is still trying to update from the F10 repos. > > > How/where can I get the release packages to change this? > > > > > > Anne > > > > Depending on your installation > > > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_6 > >4/os/Packages/fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm > > > > or > > > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/ > >os/Packages/fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm > > > I grabbed that on this laptop and put it on a pendrive, but so far haven't > figured out how to identify the pendrive and mount it. > > > > One other thing.. You should make sure that you're *.rep files under > > /etc/yum.repos.d have not been configured so that they are only able to get > > things from the Fedora 10 repos that is > > > > where on the line baseurl and / or mirrorlist where it should read > > "$releasever" it says "10" > > > No, they weren't, but that made me think of temporarily changing the repos to > 11 instead of releasever. That didn't work. Presumably the url has changed > (urlopen error). I thought I had vi'd every repo, disabling everything except > fedora.repo and fedora-updates.repo, setting them to use '11', but no joy - > I'm still seeing F10 packages found. I don't mind using the command line but > there is simply no quick way of finding out which repo is still enabled. > > I hate being beaten, but this is wasting a huge amount o time. I think it > would be quicker to download the DVD and start afresh. > > Anne > What happens when you reboot your computer with your pendrive still plugged in the computer. You should see an extra folder under /media Eli -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
