Yum upgrade from FC10 to FC11

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Procedure

  • Get current first
yum update 
yum clean all 
yum update
yum clean all
  • Update the yum repo
rpm -Uhv http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-11-1.noarch.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-11.0.0-2.fc11.noarch.rpm
  • This is important:
yum clean all
  • Do the update
yum -y update
  • If present, rename /etc/modprobe.d/ipv6 to ipv6.conf
  • Check /etc/grub.conf
  • Before booting you should usually install the bootloader from your new grub
/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda
  • Reboot
shutdown -r now
  • Depending on your particular video hardware, you may need to reboot into runlevel 3 and recompile the video drivers, e.g.:
nvidia-installer -f
  • (optional) Find packages that haven't been upgraded:
package-cleanup --orphans

If this command is not found, then yum install yum-utils

  • (optional) Resolve rpmnew/rpmsave files
find /etc -name *.rpmnew
find /etc -name *.rpmsave

Troubleshooting

gpm

Errors of the form:

Transaction Check Error:
  file /etc/gpm-root.conf from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /etc/gpm-syn.conf from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /etc/gpm-twiddler.conf from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/info/gpm.info.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/man/man1/gpm-root.1.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/man/man1/mev.1.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/man/man1/mouse-test.1.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/man/man7/gpm-types.7.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386
  file /usr/share/man/man8/gpm.8.gz from install of gpm-1.20.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gpm-1.20.5-2.fc10.i386

then

rpm -e gpm.i386

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