[Bug 465965] Re: Desktop installation failed in upgrade from Kubuntu 9.04 to 9.10

[Tim]

Cleaning up.  If this is still a problem in a currently supported version of ubuntu, please file a new report.  Thanks.
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Desktop installation failed in upgrade from Kubuntu 9.04 to 9.10

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  My system is a fairly new HP laptop, a Pavilion dv6770se with attached
  terminal and keyboard.  It has adequate resources for running Linux...
  It is a dual-boot system that will run either Linux or Win Vista.
  FWIW, as a learning experience, I had built and installed the prior
  kernel myself, although I don't think there is anything special or
  custom about it.

  Evidently the server got bogged down because I did the upgrade while
  not realizing that it was release day.  Installation failed several
  times and I rebooted and resumed the upgrade several times, too--
  until I finally booted the new system.  During installation, I
  accepted the defaults, so I did nothing special.

  The results:
  grub and the screen where you choose the type of desktop you want both come up OK, so it appears that the kernel upgraded OK.  After I select a desktop and login, everything goes wrong.  

  When I first rebooted and launched KDE, the screen came up with lurid
  colors and wavy, flashing bands, showing strange characters and
  symbols. I've seen this several times since, although usually the
  screen goes black or gray after failure.

  The only thing that works with any reliability is the 'xterm' desktop
  selection, with its single console window.  Even with it, I need to do
  some trivial things in the xterm so as to maintain focus for a few
  minutes.  Otherwise, the whole desktop disappears, and then I need to
  reboot.

  Gnome did come up once, but there were no controls.  Now it comes up
  for a moment and then disappears.  KDE doesn't come up at all.  The
  "failsafe" modes don't work either.  So the system is virtually
  unusable -- unless I boot to Vista.  :-(

  I'm not a linux newbie (except in managing desktops), so this is a
  really shocking and unpleasant experience.  I'd appreciate any help
  you can give me, and if you want to send me over to an ubuntu forum,
  that's OK, too.

  I've already made several other bug reports associated with the earlier parts of this incident.  They are:
  Bug 464605 
  Bug 464087 
  Bug 464090 (a duplicate) 
  Bug 464139

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