tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post5665981061271677415..comments2024-03-26T17:37:35.499+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Xubuntu 12.04: upgrade, how it should beDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-72913101396639769942013-01-06T05:31:10.999+00:002013-01-06T05:31:10.999+00:00Thank you DarkDuck for your blog.
I found some he...Thank you DarkDuck for your blog.<br /><br />I found some helpful easy advice in my struggle to uninstall XUbuntu 12.04 and the ensuing GRUB2 frustration that followed.<br />Without burdening you with the details you may want to read this thread.<br />http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2101511Sky Aislinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623862775759123978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87571907668314840082013-01-04T10:16:11.286+00:002013-01-04T10:16:11.286+00:00The main reason for GRUB to be installed, without ...The main reason for GRUB to be installed, without options to not, was intentional, as Ubuntu (most notably, their lightweight derivatives) are written for the most basic of users. Those who's only major experience, prior to installing Xubuntu, would be plugging a network cable into their machine, or clinking next, during MS-W "first time power on" features.<br /><br />I usually set any GRUB manager to go straight to the OS, if it isn't preset to do so, during install. <br /><br />I'm not discounting your claim, as I think it should be an option, as well. But this is the reason it isn't.Willy-Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17771373887230147294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-89932802063834744432012-06-13T22:26:27.314+01:002012-06-13T22:26:27.314+01:00I have just upgraded kernel to another version, an...I have just upgraded kernel to another version, and everything went smoothly without any additional actions from my side.<br />I suppose Canonical has fixed the bug.<br /><br />But I can only be certain after another kernel update.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-60031824708002319172012-06-08T11:56:11.305+01:002012-06-08T11:56:11.305+01:00Before reading this article, I had posted on one o...Before reading this article, I had posted on one of the major forums that Ubuntu also muddles MBR on upgrade, as it did when going from v10 to v11.<br />I run dual-boot Win7 and Ubuntu... and I stated that Ubuntu must recognise dual-boot people as a significant portion of installed base... so they should test any upgrade for dual-boot users as well as pure-Linux boxes.<br />Otherwise, it should never be shown as a potential 'upgrade' if it could read your Grub records and see that it will crash them...<br />I too keep a separate DATA partition - more for easy sharing between OSs, than to explicitly allow re-install of Ubuntu... but keeping data separate to both the Windows OS partition and the Linux partition is now vital, given either OS could make its own partition unreadable by its own actions.Graeme Harrisonhttp://www.warming.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-82514327924353774032012-06-07T22:55:31.058+01:002012-06-07T22:55:31.058+01:00Thanks for your suggestions, guys. I think I will ...Thanks for your suggestions, guys. I think I will use them. But I still consider this as a bug, because the behaviour of the OS was different in the previous release.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-85324859798380958372012-06-07T21:34:18.034+01:002012-06-07T21:34:18.034+01:00I always reinstall - and for that purpose, I keep ...I always reinstall - and for that purpose, I keep a specific data partition, which makes it all easier.<br />I wrote an article about it a little while back:<br />http://writtenandread.net/thoughts-on-linux-partitioning/Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejerhttp://writtenandread.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-20736109046334436552012-06-07T19:48:51.719+01:002012-06-07T19:48:51.719+01:00Uninstall GRUB and replace it with extlinux. Ubunt...Uninstall GRUB and replace it with extlinux. Ubuntu allows that. It will auto update the extlinux configuration with new kernels and drivers, the same as it did for GRUB. Extlinux does not write itself to the MBR, so you never have to worry about that being overwritten. It expects a standard MBR and one is provided by the syslinux package, but you have to explicity install that. (extlinux is part of syslinux). extlinux alwasy gets installed get installed on the partition you are booting, either /boot or your rootfs partition if you don't have a separate /boot. After removing GRUB, add the following 6 lines to /etc/apt/preferences: <br /><br />Package: lilo<br />Pin: version *<br />Pin-Priority: -1000<br /><br />Package: grub*<br />Pin: version *<br />Pin-Priority: -1000Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-7622381181894969192012-06-07T17:03:43.430+01:002012-06-07T17:03:43.430+01:00DarkDuck - the issue with GRUB being overwritten i...DarkDuck - the issue with GRUB being overwritten isn't just you. Jamie Watson at zdnet.co.uk (Jamie's Mostly Linux Stuff blog) has had the same issue with a regular Ubuntu upgrade. Definitely a user-hostile problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-16873999673321552692012-05-29T13:25:33.567+01:002012-05-29T13:25:33.567+01:00@duskfire: I had not so nice experience in upgrade...@duskfire: I had not so nice experience in upgrade 10.04 -10.10. I wrote about it.<br />This time round I am a happy bunny. :-)DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-22957998822764294432012-05-29T13:24:13.654+01:002012-05-29T13:24:13.654+01:00@Manic Miner: sometimes I do full reinstall myself...@Manic Miner: sometimes I do full reinstall myself too. But I heard of positive upgrade for Xubuntu 12.04, so decided to try myself and succeded. Reinstall could be a backup option which always works. :-)DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-75263306123521404492012-05-28T13:33:11.673+01:002012-05-28T13:33:11.673+01:00Glad you had success, DarkDuck. I have found that ...Glad you had success, DarkDuck. I have found that most Ubuntu upgrades work okay, the one recent time I had an issue was upgrading Peppermint OS from 11.04 to 11.10 - you want to make sure that "xscreensaver" is NOT running. Second attempt worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-55182708643361652102012-05-28T10:03:44.116+01:002012-05-28T10:03:44.116+01:00Am I the only person who upgrades their system by ...Am I the only person who upgrades their system by doing a complete reinstall.<br /><br />I had a problem once when hitting the upgrade button. (I think it was from Ubuntu 8 to Ubuntu 9). As I had so many problems whilst doing that I have always installed from scratch every time.<br /><br />Obviously if you have lots of software installed this is a hassle but I'm a minimalist so my laptops have the bare minimum running.<br /><br />I generally have Gimp, Apache, MySQL, PHP which I always need. The rest of the time I am usually happy with the software that is installed by default (minus the office stuff). For office stuff I always use Google Docs and so I usually choose not to have office software installed.<br /><br />The only other thing that I install is banshee. <br /><br />I prefer Chrome over Firefox and thanks to someone's post on one of your other articles I generally use Chromium now.Manic Minernoreply@blogger.com