Automatic upgrade - incomplete kde?

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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

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