xubuntu 6.06 to xubuntu 6.10 what happend!
Jelle de Jong
jelledejong at powercraft.nl
Wed Nov 8 20:51:22 UTC 2006
I agree with you. But will updates like firefox 2 and a lot of other
program's be available as update for dapper?
Cody Somerville wrote:
> I'm going to mark Edgy as unstable. That is:
>
> 6.10, codename Edgy Eft (stable release)
> <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.10/release/>
>
>
> to
>
> 6.10, codename Edgy Eft (unstable release)
> <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.10/release/>
>
>
>
> I think we can all agree Edgy is... Edgy (aka unstable). If anyone
> objects, please feel free to change it back.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cody A.W. Somerville
>
> On 11/8/06, *Vincent* <imnotb at gmail.com <mailto:imnotb at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Oh wait.. It's probably not a general bug.
>
>
> On 11/8/06, *Vincent* < imnotb at gmail.com <mailto:imnotb at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> So if you're familiar with it, how come you got problems :P
>
> Anyway, I'll remove it to prevent it from happening again.
>
>
> On 11/8/06, *Jelle de Jong* < jelledejong at powercraft.nl
> <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>> wrote:
>
> quote from website: The method of apt-get dist-upgrade is
> still safe for
> those who are familiar with it, the issue is only with the
> update-manager.
>
> So I used apt-get dist-upgrade, and I am familiar with it
> :-D gives me
> the impression that it is save to do a upgrade.
>
> PS you are right with the k instead of t there are some
> spell mistakes.
>
> Vincent wrote:
> > I take it you mean apt-get dist-upgrade, as you multiple
> times said
> > disk-upgrade (k instead of t).
> >
> > Also, as for the website:
> >
> > *
> > *NOTICE:* There have been some issues with upgrading
> >
> <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/68027
> <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/68027>>
> > to Xubuntu 6.10 from Xubuntu 6.06.
> > Please review available documentation below before
> attempting an
> > upgrade.
> >
> > And
> >
> > Click here for instructions.
> > <
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades#head-11721ced054eda7fabc2bb5bce3bbd447d170dac>
> > /At the moment, it is not recommend to use this method, as
> there seem to
> > be problems
> > <
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/68027>
> > with it./
> >
> > /The method of apt-get dist-upgrade
> > <
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades#head-0ee455b2d02f220b043c084f09dffb86c1c6bd79>
> > is still safe for those who are familiar with it, the
> issue is only with
> > the update-manager. Please note that you do not need
> *ubuntu-desktop*,
> > but *xubuntu-desktop*./
> >
> > That does not look like saying it is safe to upgrade to me.
> >
> > On 11/8/06, *Jelle de Jong * < jelledejong at powercraft.nl
> <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>
> > <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl
> <mailto:jelledejong at powercraft.nl>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I thought to day was a good day to migrate form dapper
> to edgy, because
> > the nice updates in edgy are not available for dapper.
> And I wanted to
> > do some debugging for edgy.
> >
> > I am a pretty advanced user of linux and have a lot of
> program's and
> > scripts installed.
> >
> > I first tried edgy on my vmware system and it did work.
> so i give it a
> > try. I made a dd image for backup if things went wrong.
> >
> > I want to command line mode so i killed gdm en x
> >
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
> > sudo apt-get disk-upgrade
> >
> > Then I configured the apt-get sources for edgy.
> >
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get disk-upgrade
> >
> > Here we went. Downloaded a lot of stuff > 1GB and
> started installing
> >
> > I noticed that I recieved a lot of errors of these:
> > "perl: warning please check local settings"
> > I think this had to do with the fact that te program
> that sets the local
> > settings was not run yet. later when the this program
> was run the
> > warnings disappear. So someone could fix this "bug" by
> first setting
> > local language settings for upgrading.
> >
> > Then it happens the apt-get gives a error and quits
> >
> > the error was in this package:
> > anjunta-2.0.2-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
> >
> > when I retried sudo apt-get disk-upgrade it advised me
> to run apt-get -f
> > install so I did and it when on. after that i did a
> apt-get disk-upgrade
> > again and it when further.
> >
> > I got a warnings that there is something wrong with
> font gs.defoma line
> > 108. someone could check that.
> >
> >
> > When apt-get tried to restart mysql after upgrading
> something it hangs i
> > waited 15 minutes and tryied some key combinations but
> the pc was dead.
> >
> > I restarted the pc and the default kernel was broken
> and did not start.
> >
> > I tried another kernel and got it to run single mode
> with lot of errors.
> > I restarted the apt-get disk-upgrade command
> >
> > I got a error again and apt-get exits it was a error in the
> > gtk-engines-eazel.
> >
> > I concluded that this was not working. and wanted to
> restore my backup
> >
> > so i tried a dd to restore my image (dd image is stored
> on another
> > partion) but after a while the system was hanging again
> and I had to
> > restart.
> >
> > Now grub was totally down it gives me a error 16 code
> and does nothing.
> >
> > I had not get burned a xubuntu 6.10 cd for a total
> clean install so i
> > had to go to another pc and burn a alternate disk.
> >
> > When I tried to load the kernel on the 6.10 alternate
> cd I got error:
> > apci kernel panic - not syncing.
> >
> > I can remember this is the same error I got when I
> tried the a self
> > compiled kernel, the newest from kernel.org
> <http://kernel.org> <http://kernel.org>.
> > There is a bug somewhere
> > with the new kernels and the via epia en12000 hardware.
> >
> > I did not get tried to start the kernel with options
> like pci=noacpi and
> > acpi=off. I will do that another time.
> >
> > So far edgy experiences are very bad. Could some one
> please remove the
> > fact from the xubuntu.org <http://xubuntu.org> <
> http://xubuntu.org> website that a dapper
> > to edgy upgrade will go
> > fine and give only advice for fresh installs.
> >
> > I have spend a half a day for this and don't feel for
> making bug reports
> > other than this somebody other than me has to do that.
> >
> > Hope edgy will improve in the future or do I have to
> wait 6 months for
> > the next release? Keep up the good work btw.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Jelle
> >
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