sudo apt install kubuntu-plasma5-desktop
maybe we should put a kubuntu-desktop into the ppa to force migrate to kubuntu-plasma5-desktop. alas, that only helps if one had kubuntu-desktop installed anyway. On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Valorie Zimmerman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi folks, Installing 14.10 beta was easy, although my son did the >> install on my big test laptop because he set up the SSD/HD system in >> the first place. However, upon doing the first update && dist-upgrade, >> then restarting, I notice that there were a few dead icons, and >> unresponsive application windows. >> >> But I figured I'd probably kill it with Plasma 5 anyway, so what the >> heck. Added the PPA: `sudo apt-add-repository >> ppa:kubuntu-ppa/next-staging` then `sudo apt-get update && sudo >> apt-get dist-upgrade`, and restarted. However, even though there were >> no error messages in yakuake, there was no Plasma 5 desktop to log >> into. Instead, there was a Plasma 4 desktop in even worse shape: no >> networking. >> >> Hopefully I can purge the PPA in a console, but I doubt that will >> bring back network-manager. The reason I think it's gone is that there >> is no applet in the systray. > > I got networking working again, but can't seem to get the applet > re-installed. So I was able to fix the desktop again, back to 14.10 > pristine, I hope. > > I'll test plasma5 as a liveUSB, I guess, as soon as I find some bigger > USB drives! > > Valorie > > PS: If there are logs I can consult to help interested folks figure > out what's wrong, just tell me what you want. -v > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
