[OLPC-SF] upgrade to 12.1.0 didn't go smoothly

[Mike Lee]

Mitch,

It just so happens I was updating some XOs tonight and was able to take
snapshots to answer your questions:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/8543403717/in/photostream


http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/8544502904/in/photostream/


Mike




On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Mitch Patenaude <patenaude at gmail.com>wrote:

> So I was trying to upgrade my xo-1 from 11.3.0 to 12.1.0, and it didn't go
> smoothly.
>
> First I had a heck of a time clearing enough disk space for the upgrade
> process to complete cleanly, and once it did, it wouldn't boot any more
> (missing root filesystem, kernel panic.)
>
> So.. not deterred, I just went ahead and did a fresh install, and that
> worked okay... sorta.
>
> Once I got it up, I noticed that the terminal activity was missing, and I
> couldn't figure out how to get it back, or how to do a general activities
> update.  Can anybody help here?  (assuming I can ever get back to Sugar..
> because...)
>
> Next.. I switched to Gnome, but now I can't figure out how to switch back.
>  In 11.3.0 there was a link on the desktop, but that link seems to be
> missing in 12.1.0.  I tried "sudo olpc-switch-to-sugar", and while it
> brought up a dialog saying that it would switch back to sugar, it didn't
> actually switch back.
>
> Next, /var/tmp is now so small that yum can't download a full index of
> packages, so I can't even install new stuff.
>
> Anybody tried this upgrade before on an xo-1?
>
>   -- Mitch
>
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