Version Update Process via Muon Update Manager

[Doug Penner]

That is VERY strange. From everything I've read and heard, *intentionally* 
upgrading from 32bit to 64bit involves some fairly extensive work to the 
point that a full re-install is recommended when trying to change 
architecture.

Are you 100% sure that
A) you were running 32-bit before (no re-installs where it may have changed)
B) that you are now running 64bit - this is fairly easy to check with "uname -a"

If you did in fact go from 32 to 64 bit during a standard upgrade, you
have discovered a HUGE bug and proper investigation should be done to
create a proper bug report.


~Doug



On Sun, 4 May 2014, Donald Chandonnet wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 06:26:07 -0400
> From: Daniel Villarreal <youcanlinux at gmail.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>,
>         Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: LTS v14.04.1
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> 
> Do you have an issue that can't be resolved with the current version and
> updates?
> 
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> 
> Here is an issue that I experienced, being a relatively new user of kubuntu. I was running the LTS version for some time and found it to be quite dependable, but one
> day I changed some option in Muon Update Manager, to be notified of new versions. Very soon after I started to get nag messages that there was a new version
> available.
> 
> I was running Kubuntu 12.04, the 32bit image because there were problems with the 64 bit version I had tested before.
> I decided in a moment of weakness, to upgrade my production system.
> 
> The upgrade worked quite well, and I get Kubuntu 12.10. Later more nag messages, so I upgraded again. <oh my!>
> 
> I ended up with Saucy, 13.10 but the 64 bit version.
> 
> I was not offered a choice here. I was not told either to what version I was upgrading... Seems to me that it would be more friendly to ask the user if they really
> want to upgrade to version xxx and especially to go from a 32 bit image to a 64 bit image.
> 
> So now I'm stuck here for a while. Ksysguard does not work correctly as it does not display my CPU histories nor the network usage history. I figured out how to enter
> a bug in the launchpad (from the help menu in ksysguard).
> 
> I suggest: add some messages to Muon Package Update Manager when it is going to upgrade to a new version. Tell us what it is going to do rather than letting us find
> out afterwards.
> 
> That would help dummies like me. <smile>
> 
>