On Mon Nov 12 01:35:04 2001 Harold Bibik wrote... > >On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 10:40:15AM -0500, Jesse Goerz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said >something like: > > >> > Can anyone thta has atempted this give me some feedback? >> > Sucess, _and_ failure stories apprecited. Also some cometary >> > on what nice features might have disapeared in this "upgrade". >> >> The only things I've noticed so far is the desktop icons refuse >> to be anything but folders, and the font which describes them >> also refuses to display unless you select the folder. > >I had no major problems with the dist-upgrade from Progeny to woody. > >Like Jesse mentioned, my desktop did show only folder icons so I >deleted (renamed actually, then deleted a few days later when I was >sure everything was ok) the .gnome and .gnome-desktop directories >in my home dir, logged out, then logged backed in and Gnome rebuilt >the desktop with the correct icons.(found this fix by searching the >list archives) I did have to add the few additional icons I had before >but that was easy.
Thanks for another data point. So far, I have recieved only replies. I would think that more thna 2 people had doen this. Any more experiences to share on this? > > >> woody's version of gdm isn't as "pretty" and it removes the >> System menu so you can't reboot from the login screen. You will >> have to use the config utility for gdm to fix that (can't >> remember the name of it). > >that didn't happen to me....ummmm. yeah the default may not look as >nice but in a few minutes I had changed the background, font, and image >file so it actually looks better than the old Progeny one. How did you do this? Got an example config to share? > > >> Other than that, the only things I've noticed have all been >> talked about on the lists which makes me assume they are woody >> issues, not progeny->woody upgrade issues. >> > >For me the process was very smooth...I just had to rerun dist-upgrade >a few times until everything was installed...it has been a very nice >upgrade > >My only tip would be to make sure you know which modules your kernel >is using and don't try using modconf at 3 AM after a long day :) What's the difference here. Does Progeny somehow "automagicly" know what modules to use, and Woody doesn't? Is this feature coming to the base Debian system? If so, when? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.