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grandmaster · 26-04-2010, 21:03

excellent post!

I would rep but i have to spread the love apparently!

Hiroki · 27-04-2010, 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpod

I`d also go for the in house upgrade. If you dont mind doing the completely fresh installation then there`s no harm in trying the upgrade first.

If you use a separate /home partition then the upgrade is always a little less hassle data wise when doing a fresh installation. Backing anything up first shouldn`t be too much of a hassle either of course, if it aint backed up already that is....ahem.

If you`ve installed a whole heap of stuff from synaptic, which you`d like to restore after any fresh installation, then you can just save a text file with a list of all installed apps for re-installation on the new setup.

Code:

dpkg --get-selections > my_installed_apps

Will save a file called "my_installed_apps" in your home directory and after you copy it to your new installations home directory...

Code:

cat my_installed_apps | sudo dpkg --set-selections && sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

...Will restore them all again, the ones needing restored anyway.
You should be able to do the same thing with Synaptic of course....

Synaptic: File >>> Save Markings As. Be sure to tick the "Save full state, not only changes" in the lower left......To restore, Read Markings.
Unless you`ve been on a mad one and installed half the stuff in the repositories then it shouldn`t really be an issue of course.

That's awesome, thanks for the help!!!

I will have a play around with it tonight....is the update-manager -d the best way to update to the rc?

xpod · 27-04-2010, 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroki

That's awesome, thanks for the help!!!

I will have a play around with it tonight....is the update-manager -d the best way to update to the rc?

It`s how i`ve usually done it. Make sure you install any current updates first though, before proceeding with the full system upgrade. Also, if you`ve added any third party repo`s/ppa`s along the way then it might be an idea to remove them first, just for the time being at least.
I`ve seen many people spend days and weeks trying to resolve upgrade issues were the problems have usually been caused by the umpteen third party repo`s they had added.

xpod · 27-04-2010, 23:49

It`s obviously been a while since i had any third party repo`s added ....

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I`m actually on a Desktop up at our flat just now(i`m re-decorating it...honest) which i`ve not even used since it was upgraded to 9.10.

Also plenty unsupported stuff now of course.
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15 min`s to go still although there`s a USB stick handy, just in case.
I aint messing around with this thing. A clean install from USB would have probably been quicker in fact but no harm in doing the upgrade just to see.

EDIT:
Ok. so it was 15 minutes for the 1600 odd packages to download......and 2 hours for the upgrade itself to complete. :-)
This is on an old P4(ht) with 768MB of memory. My Desktop down at the house does an upgrade in less than hour usually although to be honest i cant remember the last time i sat watching an upgrade. I`ve often just started them off when i`m going to bed/work/whatever.
A clean install from usb, with updates, driveR, currently installed apps and of course any personal preferences would take about 30 minutes. Even installing from cd wouldn`t be too much longer.

Lord Nikon · 28-04-2010, 01:20

Is it worth grabbing the 10.04 RC or wait for the LTS Final?

xpod · 28-04-2010, 01:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Nikon

Is it worth grabbing the 10.04 RC or wait for the LTS Final?

Mmmm????...........>checks time<

It`s neither here nor there to me to be honest. This `ll be the LTS final in a day or two either way.

The sensible thing to do is obviously wait for the final release, and possibly another week or two on top if you need the machine in question working properly and dont want to risk possible issues.

Lord Nikon · 28-04-2010, 01:47

Well, after installing the wrong broadcom wireless drivers the machine's in a kernel panic anyway, So, I suppose the question is to reinstall 9.10 or 10.04 RC?

xpod · 28-04-2010, 02:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Nikon

Well, after installing the wrong broadcom wireless drivers the machine's in a kernel panic anyway, So, I suppose the question is to reinstall 9.10 or 10.04 RC?

Well i dont know how well your Broadcom will fair with any upgrade but it seems to have went just fine on this thing.

Only problem after reboot so far has been that damn button position change to the left. That`s not for me. For anyone interested the command below changes them back over to the right, or you can do it with gconf-editor.

Code:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,close

The Ubuntu upgrade seems to have gone better than my decorating has if nothing else.....at least the upgrade is finished.

And the phone rings right on cue.......

Lord Nikon · 28-04-2010, 04:18

Well, there are two broadcom drivers for the BCM24xx cards (BCM2412) and I chose the wrong one didn't I.

I have better cards around, but the laptop is a HP, and if the card isn't HP Certified it comes up with an error 174 and refuses to boot.

tweetiepooh · 29-04-2010, 15:19

On /home, what I do is have it on a separate partition then name the home directory after the version of Linux used. I am a SUSE man so my /home contains

tweetiepooh.110
tweetiepooh.111
tweetiepooh.112

Once things are stable I can copy files into the new home as needed though my tendency is to have a separate /data partition for documents, photos etc and use home for config files.

I make sure that accounts are created with the same UID and groups to ease permissions.

xpod · 29-04-2010, 18:56

I`m sure those who actually use *buntu, and a few who dont, will already know but the LTS Final release was initially delayed due to a problem with other operating systems not appearing in the menu at bootup.

Good to go now though it seems.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/

CHiLL · 30-04-2010, 16:30

I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on VMWare...but my keyboard isn't working within it. It works on Ubuntu 9.10 when that is installed on the same VMWare client...just not in 10.04.

I can't even log into my account to change anything. Is there anything that I can do?

xpod · 30-04-2010, 21:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHiLL

I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on VMWare...but my keyboard isn't working within it. It works on Ubuntu 9.10 when that is installed on the same VMWare client...just not in 10.04.

I can't even log into my account to change anything. Is there anything that I can do?

I`ve never got round to having a proper go of anything other than Virtualbox when it comes to the Virtual machines but perhaps the fix mentioned here might be of some use.

CHiLL · 01-05-2010, 12:44

I reinstalled Ubuntu and the keyboard seems to work now, however, I have another problem:

I have installed it on VMWare and my keyboard seems to work (relating to an earlier post), but when Ubunutu loads, it is hanging saying

Quote:

VMWare Easy Install. Please Wait! VMWare is currently beign installed on your system. Depending on the version of Ubunutu you are installing, you may log in below and use the system during the installation. Otherwise, please wait for the graphical environment to launch. Thank you.

It allows me to log into the Ubuntu installation using the command line.

I tried this yesterday, and waited for a couple of hours, and it did nothing.

grandmaster · 01-05-2010, 22:13

Just to make people aware that your 3G modem might not work in 10.04 LTS....Mine doesnt lol