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.

All went well apart from a few packages (not vital) not installing due to Mandriva/Mageia conflicts.

I had no problem rebooting, maybe because I had chosen an upgrade.

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.

I also got a Gnome disk notification error while Gnome came up, but the Gnome Bugzilla couldn’t connect to send it.

I’ll report again after I’ve updated everything and added more packages. I am trying to update right now.

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.

If I’m successful with the cross-distro upgrade, next step is a clean install.

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.

Anna