On 29 July 2010 12:27, JB <jb.123abc(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Chris Rouch <chris.rouch <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> The home directory is
> shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same.
>
Well,
that may be the problem ...
Unless you really have a specific reason to have a common home dir,
I think you are asking for more or less unpredictability with both
installations (even if they are f12 and f13 distros). You are going backwards
and forwards (f12, f13) with your home configuration files.
Yes, but...
I was only intending to go forward, and not worry about backing up and
restoring /home. I appreciate that upgrades from f13 may alter config
files in such a way that f12 apps no longer understand them. In fact I
only booted to f12 to confirm that it was an f13 problem (and not a
problem with the laptop). And it still works under f12, but not under
f13.
Your distro installation and updates put a lot of config files in your home
dir ( the dot files) and unless you install exactly the same version of every
program there might be conflicts.
Every time something changes in the behaviour of your machine, your ability
to understand and debug it is diminished (newly downloaded packages ?,
new/changed config files ?, forgot about .rpmsave, .rpmnew ?, etc).
Fedora is a fast moving dev environment.
You yourself should not introduce additional uncertainty - you want to do
some useful work with your machine on a daily basis, right ?
JB
i'd love to. unfortunately i have an nvidia card which doesn't work
properly in f13 (neither with nouveau or proprietary drivers). and now
power management has also failed for me. I really don't want to have
to go back to f12, but right now I still need that option.
Regards,
Chris