On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 16:49 +0100, CPK Smithies wrote: > Today I downloaded and installed 10.10 "default" edition (64-bit) on to > my vintage desktop and on to my laptop. > > The vintage desktop refused to operate the "3D" version of the Ubuntu > "unity" graphical shell, owing to the fact that I have affixed thereto > two monitors (one in portrait, one in landscape) and the combined size > exceeded its fixed buffer allowance (2K pixels square). So I switched to > the 2D version and everything was fine. > > Encouraged, I installed on my laptop, where all had been fine (even with > "unity") under 10.4. But. > > Horrors. No whatsits on the left, no response from the thingies in the > top bar (that used to be the panel and now isn't), no UI to reboot and > no network. I rebooted into 2D and things were only slightly better: I > did have my whatsits and some (but not all) of the thingies I ought to > have. After much digging I got the network going (had to fiddle with > uninstalling the wifi driver, rfkill unblock and then reinstall the wifi > driver); but many ugly things remained, such as no icons for some of the > whatsits on the doodah. A reboot found the network fully functional but > the network indicator app firmly telling me that no network devices were > available. And still no UI to reboot. > > So I decided to install the package gnome-shell, which offers both Gnome > 3 and Gnome 2. All kinds of libraries got uninstalled, rather to my > surprise, when I did this; and since then nearly everything works. I > have Gnome 3, Gnome 2 and Unity all working peaceably together and the > network indicator cured of its previous insanity. > > Some of my apps aren't very enthusiastic about running under the new > shells; I will report if things improve after later updates. > > Meanwhile, if you haven't yet upgraded, my advice is don't rush. > > > I second that. --- Don't rush. I got tired of seeing these continued prompts to install Oneiric, and on Sunday i did.
It didn't work well. I couldn't get the wireless USB working, and when I printed something it printed blank pages. (no wireless, no updates) I have had a 'H' of a struggle to revert to Kubuntu 11.04, but am finally here. Sort of - I have to re-install my usual things yet. I am going to leave it for at least another millennium. Cheers, Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
