Can't upgrade f10 to f11: X startup failed, detected GPU lockup

[n2xssvv.g02gfr12930]

On 14/09/09 17:56, Deron Meranda wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM,
> n2xssvv.g02gfr12930<n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com>  wrote:
>> yumex is a gui application that uses yum unfortunately. But yum itself is
>> not a gui application and can install and update from remote repositories.
>
> Thanks.  I use rpm and yum (command line) frequently.  But I don't use
> the graphical tools very often, so yumex was new to me.  Is it just a
> front-end to yum, and is there anything that yumex does that yum can't?
>
>
>> These repositories locations are defined in *.repo files that can be found
>> in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory, and they are plain text files.
>
> Normally, adding yum repositories is not too hard; but I'm not very
> familiar with which repositories exist and which ones I should try using.
>
> You mentioned the RPM Fusion repositories; where do I find out
> more about that?
>
>
> However, that's fine for an already-running system.  But I'm not aware
> of how to configure any of this when booting from the F11 DVD.  How
> in the install/upgrade process can you tell it to do something different?
>
>
>> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/14/fedora-10-and-the-evolution-of-xorg/
>
> Thanks for the link.  I was vaguely aware of some of that, but it
> is interesting nonetheless.
>
>
>> As far as I can tell you probably need to configure for the old nv video
>> drivers rather than the nouveau ones it's trying to use.
>
> Agreed, either that or somehow get it to use a newer/fixed version
> somehow (which I hope is fixed by F12).
>
>
>> Hope these pointers help you resolve your problems.
>
> Thanks again

 From the RPM Fusion website http://rpmfusion.org

/--------------------------------------
To enable access to both the free and the nonfree repository use the 
following command:

     *

       Fedora 10 or 11:

       su -c 'rpm -Uvh 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

     *

       Fedora Alpha, Beta, Preview, Rawhide, RC, Snapshot aka. what will 
become Fedora 12:

       su -c 'rpm -Uvh 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm'

     *

       RHEL5 or compatible like CentOS:

       su -c 'rpm -Uvh 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/testing/5/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-5-0.1.noarch.rpm 
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/testing/5/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-5-0.1.noarch.rpm'
-----------------------------------------/

The Fedora and RPM Fusion repo repository settings rely on settings set 
up by the relevant release RPM, like the one below

fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm

Yumex captures the output from yum and therefore makes it easier to see 
what has occurred and so decide what to do next. Naturally yum gives you 
better access to all it's features.

Another application you may find useful is createrepo which as the name 
suggests helps you to create your own repository.

Try searching the web, it's all there somewhere.

JB