[mythtv-users] Difficulty upgrading system

[Gabe Rubin]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Gabe,
>
> Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 3:36:08 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
>
> > This isn't a myth-specific question but involves myth components so I
> thought I would ask here.
>
> > I am trying to upgrade my system, including from Fedora 23 to 24.
> > I am using the dnf upgrade tool, but run into this stopper:
>
> > Error: Transaction check error:
> >   file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia-lib64.conf conflicts between
> > attempted installs of
> > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-libs-1:340.98-1.fc24.x86_64 and
> > nvidia-driver-cuda-libs-2:375.20-2.fc24.x86_64
> >   file /usr/share/man/man4/lirc.4.gz conflicts between attempted
> > installs of man-pages-4.06-2.fc24.noarch and
> lirc-core-0.9.3a-4.fc24.x86_64
>
>
> > I have googled, and it appears that I should remove lirc-core (and
> > probably all my nvidia packages) and then do the upgrade and re-install.
>
> > My concern is whether I will lose my configurations if I do that.
> > Lirc is a PITA to set up and whenever I have to start from scratch, it
> becomes an all day project.
>
> > Some guidance would be greatly appreciated before I remove the lirc
> > package and have to reinstall it.  Do I need to redo my config
> > files?  (Nvidia I think I can handle fine.)
>
> > Thanks
>
> I don't know how Fedora in detail handles things, but lirc
> configuration is in /etc/lirc/ and in your home-directory .lircrc. You
> should backup those before upgrading anyhow.
> I also guess that lirc will be a hassle anyhow. You are probably with
> the Fedora upgrade moving to in kernel `/dev/input` drivers. You very
> possibly don't need lirc anymore. ;-)
>
>
I am pretty sure I am using /dev/input.  Does this mean I can safely remove
lirc?
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