[wellylug] WARNING: Kubuntu/Ubuntu Edgy Eft upgrade not easy

[Ian Sterling]

On 10/31/06, Rob Collins <robcollins55 at aim.com> wrote:
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>  I don't know what it is with the python packages Ian.  The adept
> auto-updater thingy says I've got about 15 (mainly python related) packages
> ready to upgrade but when i click to upgrade, it wants to remove other
> packages and I don't know how to tell which ones to keep and which ones to

They're not being disturbed in any way.  The problem is that the
packages are being held back.  I had upgraded certain packages on the
machine using a 3rd party repository, and I think that's the problem.
It can't really do anything with those packages just yet.

> let it remove.  Let me know if you have any idea on this problem or if you
> figure out answers to your python dilemma.  The new install also won't let
> me view easily in Konqueror the folders in root either.  I have to
> physically type /etc or whatever into the address bar.  With any other mouse
> clicking way I find it all hidden  - any ideas on that?

I've never tried to really browse.  I don't actually use KDE, I used
Fluxbox.  I only use Konq when I want to browse my home directories
graphically.

--Ian...


>  xyverz at gmail.com wrote:
> I hadda have help when I did my apt-get dist-upgrade to Edgy.  My
>  immediate problem was that X stopped working.  I had problems with
>  some packages just not apt-getting at all.  One of my friends gave me
>  his sources.list and that helped.  I still had a few problems with
>  X... until I actually fixed my xorg.conf file.  Heh.  But I still have
>  a whole lot of python packages that are being held back.  Not sure why
>  though.  However, since it's "working" at the moment, I haven't messed
>  with it.
>
>  I did DL the Edgy Kubuntu CD this afternoon and will install it here
>  at home too.  (my other install is at work)
>
>  Oh, and in case you were wondering, setting whether or not Thunderbird
>  sends out HTML email is under Tools -> Account Settings -> Server
>  Settings for the account -> Composition.  You can pick HTML or Plain
>  Text in there.
>
>  Since I no longer use Mutt for email, this isn't an issue for me at
>  least, anymore. :-)
>
>  --Ian...
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>  On 10/31/06, Rob Collins <robcollins55 at aim.com> wrote:
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>
>   I am sorry my experience with Kubuntu was not helpful/useful to you Andre.
>  Please remember that many of us on here including myself are not tech
>  experts or programmers of perl/python etc.  I only vaguely know what you're
>  talking about below and wouldn't know how to make thunderbird do that even
>  if I wanted to.  I do just what works for me as that's all I can do,
> unaware
>  of any broader philosophies that may be surrounding any given issue
>  including technical email ones.  That is why I chose Kubuntu over other
>  distros, seemed to be easiest to use without having to know too much.  I
>  mainly only want linux to work for me and do not want to know what goes on
>  behind the scenes unless it directly effects what I'm doing at any given
>  point in time.  It is these occasions when I learn something new.
>
>   Rob Collins
>
>   andrej at paradise.net.nz wrote:
>   Quoting Rob Collins <robcollins55 at aim.com>:
>  So what you are saying is that because you lack the common
>  courtesy of using the smallest common denominator (ASCII),
>  or at least have BOTH ASCII and HTML as part of a multi-part
>  MIME-encoded message if HTML is that important to you to express
>  yourself better, others should be ditching their ISP?
>
>  Good one mate :)
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