Comments on: Upgrading to Ubuntu Hardy: a typical dist-upgrade, so far

By: alan

alan — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:14:55 +0000

@ssam: some people (i expect most people who have used debian) do the manual edit sources and use apt, and get problems that could be avoided.

I’ll add myself to this list .. I have a non-booting Hardy after an apt dist-upgrade (and options to consider). I heard about a new release and so did my usual, check release notes, edit sources, etc (I have done that from feisty to gutsy, no major problems that I recall). You’d only expect this process to improve, no?

Instead you comment sounds a bit like .. don’t run from the command prompt – it’ll probably break .. just double-click the icon – extra magic happens for you

I use apt-get/cache search/show, etc continuously on debian and non-debian machines .. If it’s no longer supported then make it so, no?

By: bart

bart — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:58:11 +0000

fw-cutter install exit with erno 1
Bah, difficult to stay kewl..

By: bart

bart — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:42:32 +0000

Nice, after upgrade i am stuck without wireless AND wired internet.
Ok, i understand i have to download the Ubuntu installer, though i was upgrading via the updater program. Id this updating system should go so smooth, why on earth does it not recognize and transfer my wired and wireless adapter drivers and settings. That’s not really smooth

By: James Stansell

James Stansell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:42:57 +0000

I used the alternate CD to upgrade my laptop from 7.10. I have a BigLap from ZaReason, and the upgrade _did_ make the built-in camera start working!

-james.

By: nona

nona — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:49:32 +0000

(from a debian POV:) install apt-utils, so you get to answer the questions up front?

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:53:59 +0000

The update went absolutely smooth on my desktop PC, without any user interaction whatsoever.

By: Dread Knight

Dread Knight — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:41:31 +0000

I friking hate interruptions >_<

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LaRadice » Blog Archive » Ubuntu Hardy Heron — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:50:41 +0000

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By: ssam

ssam — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:20:13 +0000

ok.

the ubuntu update-manager does a few extra things beyond apt’s distupgrade command, to help things go smoothly.

some people (i expect most people who have used debian) do the manual edit sources and use apt, and get problems that could be avoided.

By: Dave Neary

Dave Neary — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:10:40 +0000

@ssam: Excuse my imprecision. When I said “dist-upgrade”, that was only because I assumed that was happening when I went “System->Administration->Update manager” and selected “Upgrade to latest version”.