If you are using Fedora 17, I would discourage you from using preupgrade. It has a lot of errors that can leave your system botched. Update using FedUp sh-4.2$ yum search FedUp Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, priorities, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: linux.mirrors.es.net * livna: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * rpmfusion-free: mirror01.th.ifl.net * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror01.th.ifl.net * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror01.th.ifl.net * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror01.th.ifl.net * updates: virror.hanoilug.org ============================================================ N/S Matched: FedUp ============================================================ fedup.noarch : The Fedora Upgrade tool fedup-dracut.i686 : initramfs environment for system upgrades fedup-dracut-plymouth.noarch : plymouth theme for system upgrade progress Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything. sh-4.2$ Or better still, do a clean install. Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:30:14 +0300 From: dmbuvi@gmail.com To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] The Spherical Cow lands with MATE and Eucalyptus... yum preupgrade _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke