6.10, codename Edgy Eft (stable release)
I think we can all agree Edgy is... Edgy (aka unstable). If anyone objects, please feel free to change it back.
Thanks,
Cody A.W. Somerville
On 11/8/06, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh wait.. It's probably not a general bug.--On 11/8/06, Vincent < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:So if you're familiar with it, how come you got problems :P
Anyway, I'll remove it to prevent it from happening again.--On 11/8/06, Jelle de Jong < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:quote from website: The method of apt-get dist-upgrade is still safe for
those who are familiar with it, the issue is only with the update-manager.
So I used apt-get dist-upgrade, and I am familiar with it :-D gives me
the impression that it is save to do a upgrade.
PS you are right with the k instead of t there are some spell mistakes.
Vincent wrote:
> I take it you mean apt-get dist-upgrade, as you multiple times said
> disk-upgrade (k instead of t).
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> Also, as for the website:
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> *
> *NOTICE:* There have been some issues with upgrading
> <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/68027 >
> to Xubuntu 6.10 from Xubuntu 6.06.
> Please review available documentation below before attempting an
> upgrade.
>
> And
>
> Click here for instructions.
> < https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades#head-11721ced054eda7fabc2bb5bce3bbd447d170dac>
> /At the moment, it is not recommend to use this method, as there seem to
> be problems
> < https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/68027>
> with it./
>
> /The method of apt-get dist-upgrade
> < https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades#head-0ee455b2d02f220b043c084f09dffb86c1c6bd79>
> is still safe for those who are familiar with it, the issue is only with
> the update-manager. Please note that you do not need *ubuntu-desktop*,
> but *xubuntu-desktop*./
>
> That does not look like saying it is safe to upgrade to me.
>
> On 11/8/06, *Jelle de Jong * < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I thought to day was a good day to migrate form dapper to edgy, because
> the nice updates in edgy are not available for dapper. And I wanted to
> do some debugging for edgy.
>
> I am a pretty advanced user of linux and have a lot of program's and
> scripts installed.
>
> I first tried edgy on my vmware system and it did work. so i give it a
> try. I made a dd image for backup if things went wrong.
>
> I want to command line mode so i killed gdm en x
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
> sudo apt-get disk-upgrade
>
> Then I configured the apt-get sources for edgy.
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get disk-upgrade
>
> Here we went. Downloaded a lot of stuff > 1GB and started installing
>
> I noticed that I recieved a lot of errors of these:
> "perl: warning please check local settings"
> I think this had to do with the fact that te program that sets the local
> settings was not run yet. later when the this program was run the
> warnings disappear. So someone could fix this "bug" by first setting
> local language settings for upgrading.
>
> Then it happens the apt-get gives a error and quits
>
> the error was in this package:
> anjunta-2.0.2-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
>
> when I retried sudo apt-get disk-upgrade it advised me to run apt-get -f
> install so I did and it when on. after that i did a apt-get disk-upgrade
> again and it when further.
>
> I got a warnings that there is something wrong with font gs.defoma line
> 108. someone could check that.
>
>
> When apt-get tried to restart mysql after upgrading something it hangs i
> waited 15 minutes and tryied some key combinations but the pc was dead.
>
> I restarted the pc and the default kernel was broken and did not start.
>
> I tried another kernel and got it to run single mode with lot of errors.
> I restarted the apt-get disk-upgrade command
>
> I got a error again and apt-get exits it was a error in the
> gtk-engines-eazel.
>
> I concluded that this was not working. and wanted to restore my backup
>
> so i tried a dd to restore my image (dd image is stored on another
> partion) but after a while the system was hanging again and I had to
> restart.
>
> Now grub was totally down it gives me a error 16 code and does nothing.
>
> I had not get burned a xubuntu 6.10 cd for a total clean install so i
> had to go to another pc and burn a alternate disk.
>
> When I tried to load the kernel on the 6.10 alternate cd I got error:
> apci kernel panic - not syncing.
>
> I can remember this is the same error I got when I tried the a self
> compiled kernel, the newest from kernel.org <http://kernel.org>.
> There is a bug somewhere
> with the new kernels and the via epia en12000 hardware.
>
> I did not get tried to start the kernel with options like pci=noacpi and
> acpi=off. I will do that another time.
>
> So far edgy experiences are very bad. Could some one please remove the
> fact from the xubuntu.org < http://xubuntu.org> website that a dapper
> to edgy upgrade will go
> fine and give only advice for fresh installs.
>
> I have spend a half a day for this and don't feel for making bug reports
> other than this somebody other than me has to do that.
>
> Hope edgy will improve in the future or do I have to wait 6 months for
> the next release? Keep up the good work btw.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jelle
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