F10 automatic F10 upgrades to F11?
Daniel B. Thurman
dant at cdkkt.com
Thu Jul 23 16:53:29 UTC 2009
Kam Leo wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Daniel B. Thurman<dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:
>
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Daniel B. Thurman<dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:
>>>
>
>
>>> For some reason the installer is having problems with your graphics
>>> card. At boot prompt type "linux xdriver=vesa". If that fails try
>>> "linux text".
>>>
>>>
>> I have tried what you have suggested, i.e. to use the vesa driver.
>>
>> I notice that in this case, I was able to see "Checking dependencies
>> in packages selected for installation..." progressbar @100%, and
>> very hung. Mouse movement is dead, keyboard, dead, everything
>> I threw at it except the kitchen sink, dead. :)
>>
>> Now what do you suggest I do (and buying a new computer is not
>> an option! ;) )?
>>
>
> If you have 1000+ packages the dependency check can take a long time.
> How long did you wait?
>
Overnight (7 hours)
There is no activity, the computer froze completely.
> Try "linux text"?
>
Ok
> Also, check free disk space. You'll need at least 4 GB free for 1000+ packages.
> Don't forget to clean out the cached packages in /var/yum.
>
What exactly should I delete?
/var/cache/yum/* ?
Thanks!
Dan
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