> My old Thinkpad T30 (on which I ran fedup from F18 to F19) is
> beginning to seem like more effort than it's worth, ever if eventual
> success of the effort were a sure thing. Is there a FedDown lurking
> out there somewhere?
>
> Will an install DVD for F18 (preferably one with both gnome and
> xfce4) let me treat the installation as if it were an upgrade, and
> preserve my data and tweaks?
>
Have not worked with a T30, but on T51, T51e, and T60 I have
done limited testing, and found that changing to lightdm makes it
work for me.
Got info from user poma
# yum install lightdm
# systemctl enable lightdm --force
# systemctl start lightdm
OK, I did that, by cutting and pasting; thanks!
Unfortunately, however, it's over my head.
The issue I've had with older machine that I've tried upgrading to
19 is that if I open a terminal windows from the X windows, the
gnome shell starts using 20% to 40% of the cpu. Don't see
anything with xfce and opening a terminal window.
Remember I'm only on it with ssh -- and even if I had a command line on the laptop itself, I wouldn't know how to open a terminal, much less launch the whole GUI.
I rebooted, hoping for a login screen. No such luck. I tried typing xfce and enter, and xfce4 and enter, and finally startx, for lack of any other idea; they all failed.
Incidentally, I follow this list via gmane, where all the webgibberish makes your text completely illegible; please desist. (I'm replying via your direct carbon, using a mailer I have little experience with and no liking for.) In fact, I'm pretty sure the list has a rule against any form of html, anyway.
I rebooted, hoping for a login screen. No such luck. I tried typing xfce and enter, and xfce4 and enter, and finally startx, for lack of any other idea; they all failed.
Incidentally, I follow this list via gmane, where all the webgibberish makes your text completely illegible; please desist. (I'm replying via your direct carbon, using a mailer I have little experience with and no liking for.) In fact, I'm pretty sure the list has a rule against any form of html, anyway.
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