Re: F8 -> F9 horror

2008-05-30 Thread scm in seattle
Sam, My script is simpler - insert DVD, restart, follow the prompts So much changed that it would be and exercise in futility to try undo the mess. But thanks for the inspiration! Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, this is an excellent opportunity for you to learn how to recover a

Re: F8 -> F9 horror

2008-05-30 Thread scm in seattle
k of 500mb... and of course it doesn't work. So yes my title is incorrect, the horror is not. Timothy Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: scm in seattle wrote: > No I did not read the release notes because... I was NOT intending to > upgrade to F9! I did accept the updates that t

Re: F8 -> F9 horror

2008-05-29 Thread scm in seattle
]> wrote: scm in seattle wrote: Oops, wait you say you're still on F8? OK, that *is* a problem. See, there is no kde4 desktop provided for F8. We definitely would *not* do that. My guess is that you inadvertantly enabled rawhide/development repo in your yum config. ?? what does $

Re: F8 -> F9 horror

2008-05-29 Thread scm in seattle
kindly pointing that out. Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 29 May 2008 20:07:32 Rex Dieter wrote: > scm in seattle wrote: > > I have been using F8 for a while now and simply put it was the only > > distro that supported my laptop (fairly) well. > >

F8 -> F9 horror

2008-05-29 Thread scm in seattle
I have been using F8 for a while now and simply put it was the only distro that supported my laptop (fairly) well. Today I accepted what appeared to be 'typical' updates. The size of the update concerned me slightly (500Mb) but turned to horror when it finished and I rebooted. My useful KDE3 s