On 08/24/2015 04:18 AM, Bill Maidment wrote:
> -----Original message-----
> 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......

Hi Bill,

That one I thought of.  I modeled SL7 in a virtual
machine. It was no fun, but I pretty much got it figured
out.  I even figured out Wine32, which is up and
working.

The Sata / RAID problem and Osmo caught me totally by
surprise.  The envelope issue gobsmacked me.

The weird Ethernet adapter names I knew was coming as
I work with Fedora a lot.  Fedora is RHEL before it
is time.

I guess you can't think of everything.

-T