Hi All,
I have now upgraded to Opensuse 11.3 and Firefox 3.6.24.
However, somehow, my Yahoo buttons (send, reply, etc) are not there.
Can someone please help me to help me solve this ?
There’s a Yahoo Mail button add-on but not for this version of Firefox.
Please help as currently I can only receive emails to my yahoo email account but cannot reply and send them out.
Thanks.
Cheers
DavidSusey
You upgraded to 11.3? Why?
11.3 is out of support since 2.5 years already.
Why didn’t you upgrade to something more recent? The current version is 13.1, but 12.3 is also still supported.
Both contain also a much newer Firefox.
Thanks for getting back to me. Question: Can I upgrade directly from 11.3 to 13.1 using zypper or any other method of upgrade ?
Are you able to advise what’s the best approach to this ? Or should I upgrade from one version to the next.
Cheers
David
In general it’s safer to upgrade to the next version, especially if you do an online upgrade (via “zypper dup” in the running system).
If you do want to skip some versions, better download an installation medium (full DVD or Netinstall-CD; the Live or Rescue CDs do not allow to upgrade), boot from it and select “Upgrade an existing installation”.
You do not have to burn it to an actual CD/DVD, you can also copy it to an USB stick:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick (this is actually about the LiveCD, but the same applies to the installation-DVD or the Netinstall-CD as well)
I never tried a jump from 11.3 to 13.1 myself though, so I cannot guarantee you that it will work out without bumps.
If you have a separate /home partition (as is the default), it should be easy enough to do a fresh installation as well, without losing your data/user settings.
You can still do this if the upgrade fails for some reason, of course.
On 2014-07-12 14:06, davidsusey wrote:
>
> Thanks for getting back to me. Question: Can I upgrade directly from
> 11.3 to 13.1 using zypper or any other method of upgrade ?
Via zypper, no. Not in one step, at least.
You can upgrade first to 11.4, via “zypper dup”, then update 11.4 to the
latest point, using “zyper patch”.
Then repeat the procedure to 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, and finally, 13.1.
Basic instructions here:
Alternatively, you can do it via offline upgrade instead, in two steps.
Perhaps one to 12.2, then another to 13.1. No guarantees, though.
Basic instructions here:
and
Chapter 16. Upgrading the System and System Changes
Chapter 16. Upgrading the System and System Changes
openSUSE 12.3 Release Notes
openSUSE 13.1 Release Notes
I stress the point that you need fully functional backups.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Thanks everyone for all your responses and suggestions.
I think I will download the latest Opensuse and put this on a USB stick go from there.
I believe this will be the easier method to get a clean install as long as I backup my /home directory.
So I can do this repeatedly.
Question, I use GRUB and have Windows partitions too, will the installationvia the USB stick protect and keep my Windows partition ?
Just one to make sure that I don’t lose my Windows OS partitions.
Please advise and confirm.
Thanks.
Cheers
DavidSusey
On 2014-07-14 03:26, davidsusey wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for all your responses and suggestions.
>
> I think I will download the latest Opensuse and put this on a USB stick
> go from there.
>
> I believe this will be the easier method to get a clean install as long
> as I backup my /home directory.
>
> So I can do this repeatedly.
What do you want to do repeatedly? :-?
The typical procedure most people use, is to have openSUSE installed in
this layout:
one system, aka root, aka “/”, partition
one /home partition
one swap partition
When the time comes to upgrade their systems, considering that all the
stuff they want to keep is only at home, and nothing outside⁽¹⁾, they
just make a fresh install on the same partitions, telling yast NOT to
format /home. In fact, there is a place during installation where you
tell the program to read the old fstab data from the previous install;
this choice also reads the user list and a few other things. I recommend it.
I would at least also backup /etc. If possible, I would backup
everything at all.
I understand you do not have a /home partition, but a /home directory.
In that case, you need to back it up on another disk, and later restore
it. I strongly recommend then that you take the opportunity to create a
/home partition now.
(1) Notice that this is not always the case. There are configs in /etc
which you may want to consult/keep/redo; there are global data used by
system daemons, such as fax server, printer server, mail server,
database server, named server, syslog server, etc, none of which store
data nor config on /home.
> Question, I use GRUB and have Windows partitions too, will the
> installationvia the USB stick protect and keep my Windows partition ?
That you use a USB to install from, or DVD, or a CD (if it fits) is
irrelevant to the result.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)