On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:58:54 -0400, David wrote: > On 10/23/2013 1:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:51:52 -0400, David wrote: [....] >>> >>> You messed up an upgrade over a week ago, maybe two(?), and you still >>> have no solution. >> >> Well, actually, since September 23. (My main question at that time was >> whether the problem was in the hard- or software; and I don't believe >> I've yet gotten a definite answer.) [....] >> [....] I began trying install disks. Oddly enough, the first one >> enabled the brightness control; so maybe the hardware is not broken >> yet. I'm in process of downloading a fresh DVD of CentOS 6.4 >> netinstall; this >> thread can be filed away. >> Having been through it, I plan to wait for >> F20 for my other machines, skipping F19 or perhaps running FedUp twice >> in short order .... [....] > I have however seen others that have talked about success but I have > never seen them mention any 'major changes'. I have seen what looks to > me like '3rd party stuff', you show rpmfusion, being a problem since > some 3rd party repos might not be enabled for the update. If you mouse around a bit on the rpmfusion site, you'll find it has an impressive pedigree. So I've been using it, literally since it went online -- w/o, afaict, ever having had any trouble that came from it. > [....] > I feel your pain. But I think that you are trying to ride a sick, if not > dead, horse. :-( Yes, I did finally give it the coup de grace a couple days ago. After several false starts, I did a netinstall of CentOS 6.4. I chose the minimal this time, and I think that helped. I spent a day or two combing through the add/remove software function, removing things I know I won't use. Now I'm combing through it again, adding things I know I will use, if I can find them, knowing there will be a few favorites I won't be able to get CentOS rpms for. (They're a large reason I keep as many machines as I can running Fedora.) I'm sorry to be reporting that the original attempt failed (and I'm *still* not sure whether I have a hardware problem! GUI stuff looks normal, but I can't get my terminal enough contrast to make it readable without squinting.) Nevertheless, it has been an instructive failure, and I thank all of you heartily for bearing with me. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
