On a 32-bit system I set up Mandriva 2010.2, installed all updates up to today. Installed proprietary Nvidia driver, wifi (Atheros) is working, same as sound and webcam.
Used a Mageia 32-Bit DVD for upgrade. The upgrade process went smooth except: At the end of the process I wanted to install updates. The system did something, but then after some seconds went on to the last installer screen - without any error message. After initial reboot after installation the system showed a message that the proprietary driver for nvidia was not found and it is using the free driver. Then I had to re-configure wifi access data (password). It turned out that no media were configured yet (except the install media). Media setup via MCC worked without a problem. After I did that I did "urpmi --auto-update" which sucked a couple of hundreds packages and installed them, including a new kernel. That was today, 11:30 UTC. After that I did "urpme --auto-orphans" to have a clean system. Next reboot built the nvidia module and everything was working. To my surprise the *Mandriva Galaxy* welcome screen appeared! So this was not erased, not even by --auto-orphans ! ------------------------------- # cat /etc/product.id vendor=Mageia.Org,distribution=Mageia,type=Basic,version=Cauldron,branch=Devel,release=1,arch=i586,product=Default # uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.38.6-desktopi586-2.mga #1 SMP Thu May 19 19:05:55 UTC 2011 i686 1386 GNU/Linux ------------------------------ -- wobo
