On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/05/12 00:59, Barry Drake wrote: > > On 04/05/12 08:19, Alan Pope wrote: > >> What specific investigations have led you to believe that update > >> manager is the issue? I'm not trying to labour the point, but > >> just illustrate that one mans fix is another mans cop-out. > > > > The specific issues were very often missing data, programs that > > had worked before the upgrade and either had been removed druring > > the upgrade or were broken. > > Ok, so this can be caused by numerous reasons, often times not > update-manager's fault as such, but the state of the system before the > upgrade started. For example sometimes people remove critical packages > from Ubuntu and then when they try to upgrade it all falls apart > because some crucial component is missing - like the "ubuntu-desktop" > metapackage. > > One interestingly useful command which 'fixes' many issues relating to > bits missing is this:- > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ > > (note the caret on the end). This causes apt to attempt to install the > ubuntu-desktop task which pulls in everything needed for the current > release. It's surprising how many times this actually pulls in > critical components that the user has inadvertently removed in the past. > > > But a lot of problems caused by compiz crash etc were fixed by > > getting the user to change to 2D. A bit messy as many users had > > opted for no password at login .... most of those were able to get > > the login method changed OK and opt for 2D. > > > > Unity and compiz crashes can often be attributed to users messing with > compizconfig-settings-manager or sometimes just bugs. I find dropping > to a shell (CTRL+ALT+F1) and issuing this command often helps reset > things back to normal:- > > unity --reset & > > > The reason I looked at Ubuntu answers in the first place was simply > > to see where people are told to go on the Ubuntu website. If that > > is no longer the best place to go for help, the website ought to > > reflect that surely? > > > > It's a matter of opinion really. Everyone has their favourite support > site, be that mailing lists, irc, askubuntu, answers, forums.. Each to > their own. Personally Askubuntu beats all of them for numerous reasons. > > Cheers, > - -- > Alan Pope > Engineering Manager > Very useful stuff. I'll be adding these to my knowledgebase. Thanks
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