I have never tried to convert an existing installation backwards. I
strongly recommend moving to the appropriate sub-version of Ubuntu
12.04. That would probably be the desktop 64 bit version. This will
probably work as an upgrade, but I would do a clean install.
Remember to grab your ISO image from your friendly neighborhood open
source site: http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/
As you mentioned, Mate works very well. There is one annoying issue
with Mate that I've run into about 2/3 of the times I've used it:
If you get the error "Unable to start the settings manager
'mate-settings-daemon'" you will need to edit
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop :
change the OnlyShowIn line to include MATE; E.g., :
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=GNOME Settings Daemon
Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;MATE;
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-settings-daemon
This problem manifests as funky looking icons, but is easily fixed with
the above edit and a restart.
Bonne Chance,
-Jeff
On 09/05/2012 10:50 AM, J.K.Roby wrote:
Yes,it is "You are using Ubuntu 10.10- the Maverick Meerkat - released
in October 2010 and supported until April 2012."
Is upgrade available for 10.1 to 10.04 or does it require a rebuild?
On 09/05/2012 10:43 AM, Jeff Mings wrote:
FYI - if you like the look of 10.1, you can use 10.04, which is one
of the LTS releases. The LTS releases have very long support lives -
thru April 2013 for desktop and April 2015 for the server version of
10.04. Ubuntu 12.04 is an LTS release, which is why it's such a big
deal.
-Jeff
On 09/05/2012 10:35 AM, J.K.Roby wrote:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.1 and the updates stopped long ago.The upside
is the install functions perfectly.
I very much like the clean desktop as opposed to the new 12.04 and
am looking at this MATE overlay.
Annoying that Ubuntu updates so frequently,and I read something that
the Debian folks also give Shuttleworth grief for that. I was
offered an update to 11.x ages ago but can't get anything better
than a crippled 3G connect out here in the woods.Seems a complete
backup up and rebuild is all that is available. I get my ISOs from a
friends DSL. Aloha LUAU people.
On 09/05/2012 10:25 AM, Jeff Mings wrote:
Ubuntu/HP? You mean an HP product with Ubuntu? Which Ubuntu
version number and desktop would that be?
I'm guessing that Synaptic, the GUI DEB package manager,
disappeared. If all else fails, aptitude is the best console /
terminal-based package manager I've seen. You can do _everything_
from that, with a menu-driven interface that doesn't take a lot of
time to get used to. I really wish the RPM/YUM package family
under Redhat / CentOS had something as excellent as aptitude.
Good Luck,
-Jeff
On 09/05/2012 10:17 AM, Al Plant wrote:
Aloha,
Seeing the post from Jeff reminded me to ask this.
I have a net book with Ubuntu/HP on it. (All of the rest of my
boxes run FreeBSD) And the last time the updates ran part of the
menu vanished to an auto select feature.
Also I no longer have any flash that works for this unit either.
Tried to update but doesnt finish install.
Does any one have a suggestion to any link to a how to make things
install on the version of Ubuntu that is on the machine? Or do I
have to upgrade the version?
Mahalo...
~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740
+ http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org +
+ http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* +
< email: n...@hdk5.net >
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Carrol
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