Public bug reported:
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
upstart:
Installed: 1.5-0ubuntu9
Candidate: 1.5-0ubuntu9
Version table:
*** 1.5-0ubuntu9 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I don't really know if this is an upstart bug, but it seems the logical
place to start looking.
I updated my 12.04 LTS system last evening on the basis of the
announcement on the website. To my great surprise it is not as good as
the beta which now seems to be beyond where this verson is.
The system failed to detect my GPU (ATI/AMD 780) and the DVI monitor
(1920 x 1080) whereas the beta version most certainly does and handles
it correctly. In fact, it reports to applications that there is no
accelerated 3D graphics at all, which cause my applications to not run.
The normal driver for this chip set is fglrx, and it was not loaded by
the upgrade (nor by the beta, but that didn't seem to matter). I forced
an install of fglrx which seemed to go OK, but the AMD/ATI control
software does not detect it as installed. Furthermore, although it
appeared that the software did in fact generate the appropirate kernel
image for this, nothing happens. The system is running in the default
display for a laptop (which is utterly beyond belief) but this is a
desktop machine.
I performed the upgrade in the usual manner by using the command for the
software manager with the -d option and everything went OK for the next
couple of hours. The system restarted, but the Ubuntu desktop failed
partially, and there was no launcher and no top of screen panel. All I
could do was force a restart. I wound up in the GNOME classic desktop
which works normally. Not my choice, but there you are.
This distrubution is not ready for people in spite of the exuberance of
the web site. For shame! My beta version runs better than this.
During the installation there were a couple of defective libraries
reported and I was able, eventually, to install them with apt. There
was also a continuous reiteration of some message about duplicate values
in some test file, which hardly seems to be proper for a final
distribution. There is a plethora of problems, and I hope this is the
only report I need make. I strongly suggest that somebody test this
again. You have now created a panic for yourselves with this premature,
untested release. Perhaps a public apology will absolve some of this,
but I think you've set back your marketing efforts considerably.
As of now, I am moving all my data files over to the beta partition. It
is far superior to this box of bugs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 22 01:12:17 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (0 days ago)
** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal
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