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From:	ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
Sent:	Mon 24-08-2015 19:36
Subject:	SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster
To:	[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1.
> 
> ¡Ay, caramba!
> 
> 1)  I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot.
>      SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller
>      and freezes up.  After booting up I can insert the
>      eSata drive(s).  And do you think I would remember?
>      In other words. I have top boot up twice.
> 
> 2)  I can't print an envelope to my Oki B4350.  Paper
>      size mismatch.  CUPS tells my printer that a #10
>      envelope is a B5 piece of paper.  Overriding the prompt
>      from my printer results in a ruined envelope.
> 
> 3)  eth0 and eth1 got replaced with enp6so and enp7so,
>      which wasn't entirely unexpected, but what a pain in
>      the butt to re-write my scrips.
> 
> 4)  Osmo just beeps at me and throws a
> 
>         /etc/gdm/Xsession: err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection
>         section 0x7ba67ba0 "profile.c: PROFILE_CritSect" wait
>         timed out in thread 0009, blocked by 0082, retrying
>         (60 sec)
> 
>      So all my tasks in Osmo are useless.  Osmo just says
>      they can not reproduce it.
> 
> 
> What a disaster.  :'(
> 
> -T
> 
> At least VLC installed without issue!
> 
> 

Just wait until you get to firewall and systemd !!!!
But the learning battle is well worth it......

Cheers
Bill Maidment
www.maidment.me
Phone: 02 4472 9374