[wellylug] WARNING: Kubuntu/Ubuntu Edgy Eft upgrade not easy
Rob Collins
robcollins55 at aim.com
Thu Nov 2 11:55:22 NZDT 2006
Thanks for your very useful and thoughtful response Daniel. I will try
these things this evening and if still having problems I think I'll back
all user's documents up to ext eternal hard drive and do a fresh
install. I've already downloaded the alternate 6.10 CD as that seems to
be the only way to achieve a Kubuntu LVM setup.
Ta,
Rob Collins
daniel at rimspace.net wrote:
> Rob Collins <robcollins55 at aim.com> writes:
>
>
>> The problem is I don't know if i do or don't want the packages it
>> wants it remove. I don't know enough yet to know if they are integral
>> essential packages or not.
>>
>
> Well, apt and friends will warn you if you are trying to remove
> something that is absolutely essential.
>
> Otherwise you can see what else it proposes to remove as a result. If
> that includes too many things, or things that you want, then decline
> that proposal.
>
> It certainly isn't an ideal situation though.
>
>
>> With the hidden problem, I have enabled root login to xserver kde
>> desktop for administrative tasks.
>>
>
> That isn't a supported configuration with Ubuntu, and might well cause
> problems. Using the built-in support for running administrative tools
> as root, including the file browser, is a better choice.
>
>
>> is there any way to enable the display of all system folders for root
>> but hide them for all other users?
>>
>
> No. One of the shortcomings of this hidden folders model as far as I am
> concerned. Like the people who feel that icons should be inextricably
> bound to executables it takes no account that some users may have
> different tastes or needs.
>
>
>> Another problem last night - when going into the "users" setup from system
>> setup, it won't do it - "module missing, please check and install" - any
>> suggestions? - i already tried apt-get install kde and apt-get install
>> kubuntu-desktop with no luck.
>>
>
> No notion, sorry. If you followed the upgrade instructions on the
> KUbuntu website, including their small list of packages to ensure were
> installed, then I suggest reporting this as a bug.
>
>
>> I am on the verge of hosing the whole system down and doing a new
>> fresh install from CD. This is so frustrating, no wonder there has
>> been such a slow migration to Linux.
>>
>
> There seems to be a strong recommendation on the Ubuntu development
> lists for this model, especially in situations where users have
> configured unsupported options on their system.
>
> This disappoints me somewhat, but what can you do?
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
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