Glitches on upgrade to 12.10

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:05:24 +0100
Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have upgraded to 12.10 yesterday evening and it went very smooth
> indeed.  There is one comment I would make on the upgrade process that I
> feel should be changed in future releases:
> During the process in a number of times (around 15-20 in my case) a
> message came up saying that I have modified some configuration files and
> offering me the options to keep mine or change it to the new one.  I can
> look what the difference is.  Now, while it seems fine, I actually did
> not know many of the files where do they belong to or what do they do
> and did not know what is the consequence if I keep mine versus using the
> upgrade version.  What do I loose by not keeping?  If I keep do I miss
> out some features? The process does not give data on it and for people
> who are even less knowledgeable it would say nothing so they would
> choose blindly one or the other option - almost pointless to even ask. 
> Why don't we just keep the modified files?
> Just a point to make.
> 
> Now, I do have some issues since upgrade though:
> 1. Not directly related to upgrade but thought to put it here: I have
> also downloaded the ISO images of both x64 and i386.  I like to have
> them burned on CD in case I need them and sometimes I install for
> someone else.  When I tried to burn them on CD, Brasero in both cases
> said that they are two big for burning on a blank CD?!  Is that so?  Are
> the images too big for CD?

When I browse http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ , which is
the Ubuntu 12.10 images, I see file sizes of 763MB for the 64-bit
Desktop cd and 753MB for the i386 Desktop cd. That, indeed, is too big
for a CD. It can be burned to either a USB drive or DVD, though.

> 
> 2. Since upgrade Pidgin does not appear in the menu on the notification
> area under the "envelop".  Actually after the reboot, that completed the
> upgrade, the "envelop" and its menu was missing too entirely.  Then when
> I started Thunderbird and Gwibber the "envelop" came and it is there
> since but the only thing that is in the menu is Thinderbird and
> Gwibber.  I do not have Pidgin even when it is running - it runs fine
> though, but does not appear there.  BTW I also have Emphaty installed on
> the system and while I do not use it, before upgrade it did appear in
> that menu and now it is not there.  I have filed this as a bug against
> the Pidgin package, not sure if that is the right place though.
> 
> 3. After upgrade I tried Libreoffice today the first time.  When I
> opened a Calc (table) file it opened fine, however the top menu (Files,
> Edit, etc.) did not show up integrated into the top bar or in any way. 
> The menu was missing!  It was not there in the full windowed mode or the
> smaller one either.  Then I closed it and when started next time it just
> worked fine and does so since.  Did not file a bug as I can not
> reproduce, but right after upgrade it was there.  Kind of strange. 
> Wanted to report it here.
> 
> Other than the above issues everything seems to be running just fine and
> the system is smooth as butter.  I love the new background images,
> congrats for whoever choose them.
> 
> I would be glad to assist to fix any of the above ones if I can do
> something.  Testing, additional data, anything.  Let me know.
> 
> Have a nice day.
> 
> Gabor,
> 


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