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

[Mitch Patenaude]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the pointers.  I also figured out that if I unmounted the tmpfs
partition that was on /var/tmp, yum would install stuff, no problem.  Still
not smooth, but I managed to make everything work with your help.

Thanks again,
  -- Mitch

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mitch,
>
> It just so happens I was updating some XOs tonight and was able to take
> snapshots to answer your questions:
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>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/8543403717/in/photostream
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/8544502904/in/photostream/
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>
> Mike
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> 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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