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by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 10:29

Hi Dearest Mageia team,
I just upgraded from Mageia 6 to 7 using the urpmi method described in the wiki, but after the installation I found out that what I got is Cauldron instead of the regular installation, and I'm experiencing quite a few anomalies...

Now, my question is: how do I switch to the regular distro repositories?! (Mind you, I did try to remove all sources and re-add them from a particular mirror without the "cauldron" bit, to no avail...)

Many thanks in advance.

Hosam Adeeb Nashed

by **isadora** » Jul 17th, '19, 10:52

What is the output of:

Code: Select all: urpmq --list-url

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 10:59

This is the output, after my last attempt to manually re-add the sources from a particular mirror:

Code: Select all: Core Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/release Core Release Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/core/release Core Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/updates Core Updates Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/core/updates Core Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/updates_testing Core Updates Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/core/updates_testing Core Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/backports Core Backports Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/core/backports Core Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/backports_testing Core Backports Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/core/backports_testing Nonfree Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/release Nonfree Release Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/nonfree/release Nonfree Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates Nonfree Updates Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/nonfree/updates Nonfree Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates_testing Nonfree Updates Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/nonfree/updates_testing Nonfree Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/backports Nonfree Backports Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/nonfree/backports Nonfree Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/backports_testing Nonfree Backports Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/nonfree/backports_testing Tainted Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/release Tainted Release Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/tainted/release Tainted Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/updates Tainted Updates Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/tainted/updates Tainted Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/updates_testing Tainted Updates Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/tainted/updates_testing Tainted Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/backports Tainted Backports Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/tainted/backports Tainted Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/backports_testing Tainted Backports Testing Debug http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/debug/tainted/backports_testing Core 32bit Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/core/release Core 32bit Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/core/updates Core 32bit Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/core/updates_testing Core 32bit Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/core/backports Core 32bit Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/core/backports_testing Nonfree 32bit Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/nonfree/release Nonfree 32bit Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/nonfree/updates Nonfree 32bit Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/nonfree/updates_testing Nonfree 32bit Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/nonfree/backports Nonfree 32bit Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/nonfree/backports_testing Tainted 32bit Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/tainted/release Tainted 32bit Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/tainted/updates Tainted 32bit Updates Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/tainted/updates_testing Tainted 32bit Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/tainted/backports Tainted 32bit Backports Testing http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/i586/media/tainted/backports_testing

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:01

Having done that, I expected some updating will be done, but no...

by **isadora** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:11

What makes you think you have Cauldron now?
What is the output of:

Code: Select all: cat /etc/mageia-release

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:21

Well, oddly enough it's: Mageia release 7 (Official) for x86_64

But then, Grub says differently...

And add to that the fact that I'm having a lot of strange things happening: DBus not discovered by QjackCtl which ends up working all the same; Banshee crashing every single time; TexMacs emitting a slew of error messages with an empty window...

by **isadora** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:27

From your listing i see, you have test- and debug-repositories enabled, which could be source for unexpected behavior/errors.
Normally you don't need or use these. For more information towards software-management i point you at our wiki:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_management

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:33

But in MCC, neither are ticked!!!!

by **isadora** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:41

One more inquiry, please show output of:

Code: Select all: urpmq --list-media active --list-url

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:44

Code: Select all: Core Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/release Core Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/updates Core Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/core/backports Nonfree Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/release Nonfree Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates Nonfree Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/nonfree/backports Tainted Release http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/release Tainted Updates http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/updates Tainted Backports http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/7/x86_64/media/tainted/backports

by **isadora** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:55

For a sane repo-list, i would advise:

Code: Select all: urpmi.removemedia -a urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.7.$ARCH.list'

But this does not mean, that your systems' problems are solved.
For your active list now, shows up backport-repositories.

Maybe someone else can help you out.

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 11:57

That was what I had done initially, copying from the wiki.

by **ITA84** » Jul 17th, '19, 12:16

I think your issue may be similar to the one in another thread; you could try following the instructions in this post

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12915&p=75662&hilit=mga8#p75627

to see which - if any - installed packages are from Cauldron and downgrade them

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 17th, '19, 13:25

I tried to downgrade TexMacs, but I got the selfsame version, with all its errors...

I really don't know, but it's as if the Cauldron packages have been mixed with the Official ones... Because I can't really imagine the official release to be that unstable. I don't know...

by **martinw** » Jul 18th, '19, 20:28

I guess you are still using legacy GRUB, not GRUB2. The old bootloader theme got missed when the switch from cauldron to release was done (legacy GRUB is basically unmaintained these days), so the menu still says Cauldron. You can check you have no cauldron packages by running

Code: Select all: rpm -qa | grep mga8

If that doesn't print out any package names, you don't have any cauldron packages installed.

QA test the commonly used packages, but they can't test everything. And Mageia only has a small number of developers so a lot of the packages don't have an active maintainer. You may well be finding bugs that nobody else has found, or bugs that only occur with particular combinations of hardware and installed software. Best to open bug reports for each of your problems (after checking that they haven't a;ready been reported).

by **hosadeeb** » Jul 30th, '19, 01:17

First, i'm so sorry for missing your answer till now...

Second, I didn't find any mga8 packages. And thanks for explaining why I have the old GRUB screen. I don't know how to switch to GRUB2....

Third, I tried to find my way to opening bug reports, but I failed to find them within the forums. Could you please guide me?!

Thanks a whole lot for having the patience to help me.

Hosam Adeeb Nashed

by **ITA84** » Jul 30th, '19, 09:21

https://bugs.mageia.org/

Your forum account credentials should work there as well

by **doktor5000** » Jul 30th, '19, 17:40

That is also explained here: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

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