On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 13:32 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 13:22 -0700, Charles Jones wrote: > > Just thought I would post that I successfully upgraded my FC7 to FC8 via > > YUM, and it went pretty smoothly. I first manually downloaded the > > fedora-release* packages from an FC8 repo mirror, and installed them via > > "rpm -Uvh fedora*". Then I did a "yum clean all" followed by "yum > > upgrade". After downloading and installing 1.1GB of new packages, I am > > now up and running FC8. > > > > So far I have noticed that for some reason my main fonts have > > changed...definitely larger point size. I checked my theme config and it > > was set to "custom" for some reason. I set it to the "Fedora" theme and > > it had no effect. I was previously using the nvidia drivers from the > > livna repo (which seem to work better for dual head), so that could have > > something to do with it. I no longer see the nvidia logo when X starts > > up, so I think I'm no longer using it, but dual head still works fine. > > > > Another thing I noticed is that I no longer have an issue with booting > > while my Logitech Webcam is plugged in. With FC7 it would for some > > reason set the webcam as my primary sound device (it has a mic > > built-in), and so my normal sound would not work unless I booted with > > the webcam unplugged. I could then plug it in later and all would work > > fine. This issue seems to be fixed now, not sure if new kernel did it, > > or if its the new sound drivers. > ----- > dude - forgive me because I am such a slacker. I should have pointed you > toward this... > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq?highlight=%28upgrade%29%7C% > 28yum%29 > > There is some real valuable info here > ---- ridiculous URL's http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss