[Mageia-dev] upgrade from mdv2010.2 to mga beta1

Sat Apr 9 15:41:00 CEST 2011

Hello
+
+I have tried an upgrade of my old laptop.
+
+For the hardware part, it is based on a pentium M @1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, an intel 
+855GM integrated graphics, RTL8139 ethernet and intel 2200 wifi.
+
+For the software part, it was a mandriva 2010.2 (not up to date, about one 
+month old), with KDE updated to 4.5.5 with unofficial packages from 
+http://mib.pianetalinux.org/mib/
+
+The upgrade was done using the i586 DVD, then updated to latest upgrades 
+with urpmi --auto-select, and orphans packages removes with urpme --auto-
+orphans.
+
+There was only one upgrade problem with amarok, I had amarok 2.4.0, also 
+from MIB, but it failed to upgrade to the mageia packages due to a conflict, 
+in the MIB packages libampache_account_login.so is provided in a separate 
+package (libampache_account), but it is in the main amarok package in 
+mageia. Urpmi tells me there is a conflict between amarok-3:2.4.0.90-2.mga1 
+and libampache_account-3:2.4.0-1mdv2010.2, and doesn't propose to uninstall 
+the later to resolve the conflict.
+urpme libampache_account (and amarok with it), then urpmi amarok solved the 
+problem (as expected).
+I don't know if this issue should be handled on mageia's side, or if MIB 
+should provide an updated package re-integrating libampache_account_login.so 
+into the main amarok package to provide a clean upgrade.
+Looking at current cooker, they also provide libampache_account_login.so in 
+the main amarok package, so the problem might arise also when updgrading to 
+mdv2011.
+
+Looking at mdv packages still installed after the upgrade, I see 
+kbluetooth-0.4.2 is still there, which, I believe, is replaced by bluedevil 
+in KDE 4.6. Bluedevil is installed without conflicts, thanks to the name 
+change, but shouldn't it obsolete kbluetooth?
+
+Package plasma-applet-yawp did not upgrade to mga's version, as it is 
+version 0.3.6-1.1mdv2010.2 (also from MIB) and mageia's version is 
+0.3.6-1mga1, so urpmi think it is older. Not a big problem as the old 
+package works fine.
+
+Another strange case with webkit, official mandriva updates provide some 
+webkit 1.2.7 packages, while magiea has 1.2.5, so I end up with
+# rpm -qa|sort|grep webkit
+libggadget-webkitjs0-0.11.2-5.mga1
+libkdewebkit5-4.6.2-0.mga1
+libqtwebkit4-4.7.2-1.mga1
+libwebkitgtk1.0_2-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
+python-qt4-webkit-4.8.3-2.mga1
+webkit1.0-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
+webkit1.0-webinspector-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
+webkit-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
+
+On the hardware support part, wifi is working fine (with non-free ipw2200 
+firmware).
+Firewire is also enabled, but I have nothing to connect to it.
+Suspend to RAM works fine also.
+
+The intel graphics works (i810), but compositing is unusable, if I enable 
+kwin's desktop effects I get huge rendering problem with windows not 
+updating, still showing at their old position when moved, and so on. I guess 
+this is more a driver related problem and can't be fixed by mageia, but if 
+confirmed by someone else with the same hardware I guess it should be listed 
+in the release notes. With desktop effects disabled it is fully usable.
+In mdv 2010.2, compositing was almost usable, but already with some 
+rendering glithes in plasma.
+
+I also had a strange problem when connecting one particular USB memory key 
+(sandisk cruzer 8BG), udisks-daemon and dbus-daemon started taking lots of 
+CPU (with many context switch wetween each other), disconnecting the key 
+actually made things worse and I had to disconnect from the desktop to have 
+it stop.
+The strange thing is that two devices shows when that key is connected, the 
+expected 8GB mass storage, and an optical disk with label "U3 System" which 
+can't be mounted. I don't know what it is, but there is an "U3 smart" logo 
+on the key.
+I don't have the problem on another computer with KDE 4.5.5 and udisks 1.0.1
+
+that's all for now
+-- 
+Renaud Michel
+