On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:21 AM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
So you are saying I should have done this rather than adding the staging PPA? If so, entirely my mistake. If we want people testing kubuntu-plasma5-desktop rather than installing Plasma5 from the ISO, we should say so in our messaging, such as http://www.kubuntu.org/news/1410-beta-2 Valorie > 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
