-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/07/12 15:24, Anne Wilson wrote: > On 22/07/12 11:42, Colin Guthrie wrote: > > >> I've clarified these instructions on the wiki: > >> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:UsrMove#Release_Notes > > >> Feel free to augment them with better info as needed. > > I now have a functioning system, but not without some > jiggery-pokery :-) The good news, though, is that I can almost > certainly point to the problem and solution. > > Normally I update my systems almost daily, but for reasons not > relevant here, the netbook hasn't been switched on for about a > week, so there were a number of updates waiting. > > I started with the full update, which failed, part-way through, as > expected. What I didn't realise, though, was that it had failed > before updating the kernel (and, as it happens, half way through > updating KDE which became unusable). > > Basically I followed the hints you gave Charles, and finally got > things running again. > > I would suggest, then, that you make "update your kernel and > reboot" the very first instruction, before updating everything > else. Undoubtedly there will be others who, for whatever reason, > don't have the absolute latest kernel, and don't realise that an > update is needed. > I forgot to add - I have no non-standard /usr, and I use grub, not lilo.
Anne - -- Need KDE help? Try http://userbase.kde.org or http://forum.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlANX98ACgkQj93fyh4cnBeFXACfdMj8L6KzMaSWi9CN0bU75bxn MGoAmwY3cqE5xefBcOB2iMkGFUv1I7nH =YU3e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
