On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Michael D. Setzer II <mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm working on upgrading my classroom lab from Fedora 14 to 16 > and doing a test on one system. Most things have gone ok with a > few issues. > > 1. X11 didn't come up after the upgrade from dvd, but deleting > xorg.conf fixed that. > 2. Running yum update afterwards would found over 400 updates, > but it would crash even with --skip-broken. Fixed that by using > yumex, and doing small groups of updates, and then skipping just > the ones that caused problem. package-cleanup has options that may be able to help with this, specifically --orphans, --problems, and --dupes. See "man package-cleanup" for more info. > 3. Desktop icons missing from programs that were there before. > installing gnome-tweak-tool seems to have gotten what I want. > 4. Issue with grub.conf update. Didn't notice that there was a > change in the grub process. The new grub2 got the Fedora > options, and the os-probe seems to have gotten the XP that is on > the machine. Two other options that were in the original xorg.conf > are missing, and the memtest was also gone. Got memtest by just > running the setup process, but not clear what would be the best > option for the other two. Perhaps the 40_custom. Remotely > accessing the system from home via VNC, so thought might get > some expert advice. Yup, just add your new entries to 40_custom and rerun grub2-mkconfig. You'll need to rewrite them for GRUB2. Arch Linux has an good overview of writing custom GRUB2 entries: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Configuration And, the complete syntax for GRUB2 menu entries is listed in their manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html -T.C. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
