Mageia2 Alpha3 not working any more after update

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Mageia2 Alpha3 not working any more after update

Postby Lebarhon » Jan 15th, '12, 15:16

Hello,
I installed M2A3 on a Dell Latitude D630, installation OK, reboot Ok.
The configuration failed for the wifi and the printer.
I updated (276 packages) and after it reboot a first time but it was the last time. The screen stay black without cursor and there is no console available. The black screen appears just before the connection screen.
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Re: Mageia2 Alpha3 not working any more after update

Postby laidlaws » Jan 27th, '12, 07:19

Basically the same thing here. I have a Brother printer, which is asking for trouble, but it can usually be made to work as a network printer. As with Lebarhon, after the big update (about the same number of packages) it froze. I am not sure if it froze the same way; I think that I had a desktop, but it was frozen. I have taken Alpha off and will try again with Beta 1.
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Re: Mageia2 Alpha3 not working any more after update

Postby laidlaws » Jan 27th, '12, 07:23

But after updating PCLinuxOS, the X server wouldn't configure and that is a release; this is only an alpha. I am prepared to put Alpha back and file a bug report, with a bit of guidance on what to include. "It doesn't work" isn't very helpful.
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Re: Mageia2 Alpha3 not working any more after update

Postby DarkFoss » Jan 28th, '12, 20:49

I noticed that as well ..I installed it from the x64 dvd, default KDE desktop. After updating nothing but a blackscreen upon reboot.(In virtualbox)
Rather than fight with cli I simply opted to re-install..In my case it was simply a matter of installing kernel-desktop-devel-latest before allowing it to update.
I've seen this issue many times before both with Mageia and Mandriva..It's really rather annoying too.. I mean why bother to include kernel-desktop-latest and not the former
and break a working desktop with the first update? Either include kernel-desktop-devel-latest as part of the install or do not include kernel-desktop-latest!
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