On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, jd1008 wrote:
On 02/27/2015 03:15 PM, Max Pyziur wrote:
Greetings,
I decided to begin making the leap from F18 to F21. My reluctance in
upgrading with each new release was due to all of the problems that were
reported with upgrades, and not wanting to go through a dependency upgrade
ordeal.
Now with F18 firmly EOL'd and enough packages showing their age and
demanding upgrades, I've begun making the switch.
I have three machines that run Fedora: two laptops, one of which is an
i686 and the other a dual-core, and a desktop.
I've started w/ the i686, the least used, and essentially a backup. The
strategy is to simply leave the /home partition alone, and to do a fresh
install, reformating the other partitions. (I used the Fedora 21
Workstation Live i686 disc). Having a list of those RPMs that were
installed under F18, I'll work my way back to something that I was using
before.
I did that, but when the machine responded and rebooted, and then I tried
to login through the GUI to a gnome desktop, the result was unusable.
No problem: <ctrl+alt>+F2 and I have a character-based screen, and I can
log in.
From there, I did a
yum groupinstall "Xfce Desktop"
and then rebooted, selected Xfce as my desktop, login, and I have the
beginnings of a functioning gui-based system.
However, my Gnome problem remains: there is no provision in F21-i686 for a
yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" so that I have a functioning Gnome or
Gnome-Classic desktop (there is one for "MATE Desktop," btw).
Would anyone have advice on how to install all of the remaining necessary
pieces for a functioning F21 i686 Gnome Desktop?
Much thanks,
Max Pyziur
pyz@xxxxxxxxx
Personally, I had absolutely no problems leaping from f18 to f20 using fedup.
It worked flawlessly.
I'll consider this as a possible method for upgrading the other two
machines.
A fresh install is a bit extreme, but on my attempts of moving from F17->
F18 using fedup I recall a machine became unusable. Monitoring subsequent
releases (F19, F20, F21) and users using fedup as the upgrade mechanism, there
still seemed to be reports of unreliability, as in YMMV.
I also have an additional concern, since I'm somewhat reliant on
PostgreSQL and PostGIS, which require elevated vigilance across releases,
since the newer versions need to have data backuped and specially
restored.
That is not to sat that some f18 packages did not have updates in f21.
That is why I still have some f18 packages, which still work without any
problems.
My experience so far is that I still can't use the Gnome Desktop
(Classic, Wayland, or otherwise) in F21 on my i686 Laptop (I can use Xfce
and MATE); I keep trying to find the correct yum group to install; I
also keep adding packages, but I still haven't found the correct libraries
and/or packages so a typical Gnome Desktop appears correctly.
So, I would be grateful for any continuing guidance in this regard.
Thanks.
Max Pyziur
pyz@xxxxxxxxx
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