Derek Wildstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>
> When running the upgrade, I picked Expert/Server then upgrade, and wasn't
> asked which packages to upgrade. This caused my custom-built XF86-3.3.5
> with ttf/Rage P/M support to be deleted, no big deal since I had it backed
> up before starting....but since the help says you'll be given a list of
> packages to upgrade in expert mode, it may be a good idea to do so.
fixed
>
> When it got to "install bootloader" from the upgrade I got errors about it
> not being able to find the kernel package. This was because the kernel
> packages wasn't installed (this was my fault for upgrading the kernel and
> using rm instead of rpm -uv to remove the old kernel) The lilo
> installation continued, however and I ended up with a bootable system
> (minus supermount support) with my 2.3.36 kernel.
>
> I selected the "high" security setting, and all the bin/sbin dirs were
> chmod'ed 711 ... would 751 with group root or adm make more sense here?
>
> The network setup commented out the existing entries from
> /etc/resolv.conf, even tho I selected "keep my network configuration"...my
> feeling is the resolver/network config shouldn't be touched at all if the
> install is told to keep the existing settings. Easy fix again, but could
> be very confusing for newbies.
high security you said, high security you get!
>
> PCMCIA was not activated after the upgrade, and had been turned on before
> the upgrade.
>
> The following things affect both upgrades and installs:
>
> PCMCIA is an old version, which doesnt support the 3c575 well. Since this
> is the most common nic to come with new systems these days, it would be a
> good idea to put at least version 3.1.8 of pcmcia-cs on the image. This
> will prevent people like my from having to a) restore the source or b)
> download the ~1m source tarball from sourceforge using a modem.
>
currently using 3.1.9, is it new enough ;-)
> There is also a patch for XFree-3.3.5 that supports the Rage Mobility/Pro
> and other variants. This will allow a real X setup with many laptops that
> don't use the newmagic chipset (right now fbdev is the only thing the
> default install will give me) A patch for xfree is located at
> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/xserver.html .. does nothing
> but let the XF86_Mach64 server "see" the Rage/PM.
>
and what about 3.3.6 :-)
