I’m I crazy? I did 11.3 to 11.4 and it went smoothly, so I’m thinking I
can try 11.2 to 11.4. Thoughts?
On 03/18/2011 09:48 PM, ccin1492 wrote:
> I’m I crazy? I did 11.3 to 11.4 and it went smoothly, so I’m thinking
> I can try 11.2 to 11.4. Thoughts?
some might say ok…i say NO, see here:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
and
http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-reference/cha.update.html
they ARE different, i know at least one will say:
11.3 > 11.4 ok
11.2 < 11.4 bad!
personally, i always backup to an off machine place, and do a format
and fresh install with /home not formatted…ymmv
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On 2011-03-18 21:48, ccin1492 wrote:
> I’m I crazy? I did 11.3 to 11.4 and it went smoothly, so I’m thinking I can
> try 11.2 to 11.4. Thoughts?
Not supported via zypper dup. Supported via booted DVD.
Video will give problems, though, because it is too different.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:50:06 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2011-03-18 21:48, ccin1492 wrote:
>> I’m I crazy? I did 11.3 to 11.4 and it went smoothly, so I’m thinking I
>> can try 11.2 to 11.4. Thoughts?
>
> Not supported via zypper dup. Supported via booted DVD. Video will give
> problems, though, because it is too different.
Depends on the system. I did a test upgrade of 11.2 to 11.4 on a Dell
D610 laptop (grabbed config files from my home directory on my production
laptop), and overall the upgrade from DVD worked well.
The only issue I’ve run into is that compiz-manager doesn’t seem to want
to run automatically, so I end up with no window decorations at all.
Haven’t dug into that issue very much. But otherwise, the upgrade seems
to have gone quite smoothly in that test.
Jim
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On 03/18/2011 02:56 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:50:06 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> On 2011-03-18 21:48, ccin1492 wrote:
>>> I’m I crazy? I did 11.3 to 11.4 and it went smoothly, so I’m thinking I
>>> can try 11.2 to 11.4. Thoughts?
>>
>> Not supported via zypper dup. Supported via booted DVD. Video will give
>> problems, though, because it is too different.
>
> Depends on the system. I did a test upgrade of 11.2 to 11.4 on a Dell
> D610 laptop (grabbed config files from my home directory on my production
> laptop), and overall the upgrade from DVD worked well.
>
> The only issue I’ve run into is that compiz-manager doesn’t seem to want
> to run automatically, so I end up with no window decorations at all.
>
> Haven’t dug into that issue very much. But otherwise, the upgrade seems
> to have gone quite smoothly in that test.
>
> Jim
>
Ok, thanks for the info. I’ll let you know how it goes. If the upgrade
doesn’t work I can always do a clean install.
Ok, thanks for the info. I’ll let you know how it goes. If the upgrade
doesn’t work I can always do a clean install
Especially if you keep a backup of stuff you need
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:57:10 +0000, ccin1492 wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the info. I’ll let you know how it goes. If the upgrade
> doesn’t work I can always do a clean install.
Just make sure you do a backup of your critical data first, just in case
there are problems. That’s why I have been running tests using a spare
machine.
Jim
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openSUSE Forums Administrator
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I did it and it works very well…
Origin 11.2 x86 with nVidia video card
- 11.2 packman repo
- 11.2 nvidia repo
Target 11.4 x86 + 11.4 packman repo + 11.4 Nvidia repos
procedure with zypper and online repo.
as explained at SDB:System upgrade - openSUSE
execution with full preload
#>zypper dup --download “in-advance”
So I made the plunge today; upgrading from 11.2 to 11.4 using “zypper dup” and… so far everything works like a charm. Here’s the script I used:
#!/bin/bash
# disable old 11.2 repos for now; will delete them later
zypper mr --all --disable
# opensuse repos
zypper ar -f -n "openSUSE-11.4 OSS" http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ repo-11.4-oss
zypper ar -f -n "openSUSE-11.4 Non-OSS" http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ repo-11.4-non-oss
zypper ar -f -n "openSUSE-11.4 Updates" http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ repo-11.4-update
# packman repos
zypper ar -f -n "Packman-11.4 Essentials" http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/Essentials packman-essentials
zypper ar -f -n "Packman-11.4 Multimedia" http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/Multimedia packman-multimedia
# nvidia and mozilla repos
zypper ar -f -n "Nvidia-11.4" ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/ nvidia-11.4
zypper ar -f -n "Mozilla-11.4" http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4/ mozilla-11.4
# xtra kde repos
zypper ar -f -n "KDE-11.4 Updated Apps" http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.4/ kde-updated-apps
zypper ar -f -n "KDE-11.4 Extras" http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_11.4/ kde-xtras
# change priority of some repos; default is 99
zypper mr -p 90 packman-essentials
zypper mr -p 90 packman-multimedia
zypper mr -p 90 nvidia-11.4
zypper mr -p 90 mozilla-11.4
# give me a sec to review repos
zypper lr -d
sleep 120
# update
zypper ref
zypper dup --auto-agree-with-licenses --download "in-advance"
The only issue I have after the upgrade is that I cannot output sound to speakers and headphones simultaneously. However I suspect it’s a pulse audio setup problem and not a result of the upgrade.
One thing to note: Initially my print jobs would not finish. They were all displayed as “stopped”. In the cups web interface for each job it displayed “/usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups failed”. After some looking, I found out that the most probable cause was an outdated print driver. So thru the cups web interface I modified the printer and updated the PPD driver and now my print jobs finish.
So if you do a updated with zypper like it did, you will have to update the printer driver.
On 2011-06-22 20:06, ccin1492 wrote:
> So if you do a updated with zypper like it did, you will have to update
> the printer driver.
Or a conflict somewhere. Did you run SuSEconfig?
However, remember that I said that an upgrade via zypper dup of two
versions is not supported.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
I don’t think there was a conflict; just the printer setup pointing to an outdated driver due to the update.
Yes I do realize this is not the recommended method of moving from 11.2 to 11.4, but I wanted to show that it is doable. In fact, it went rather well considering.