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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have just tried an update from Mandriva, in part because I couldn’t update from 2010 to 2011 due to problems with Mandriva package install, missing dependencies and memory leaks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All went well apart from a few packages (not vital) not installing due to Mandriva/Mageia conflicts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had no problem rebooting, maybe because I had chosen an upgrade.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I did have a problem with the hal daemon not starting before trying to get updates, and could get no updates before I’d rebooted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also got a Gnome disk notification error while Gnome came up, but the Gnome Bugzilla couldn’t connect to send it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll report again after I’ve updated everything and added more packages. I am trying to update right now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One suggestion, because I upgraded the only kernels that are named are Mandriva. I had to guess which were the Mageia kernels. They were just labelled ‘Linux’ which was different to any Mandriva one but of course that can be changed if I relabelled.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I’m successful with the cross-distro upgrade, next step is a clean install.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am using the i586 version with a single AMD 2 GHZ processor, 512 MB of RAM and an Nvidia FX5200 graphics card. The card often prevents a gfx bootsplash.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anna<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>
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