Re: upgrading ubuntu to 9.1
chris morris <[email protected]>
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Yeah sorry - typo - it was 9.04 to 9.10 Anyway its definitely some incompatibility with 9.10 Reinstalled 9.04 and all is well so we'll live with that :) cheers chris Rene Bartosh wrote: > Was it 8.04 or 9.04? As far as I am aware you are only supposed to > upgrade one Ubuntu version at a time (IE not jump over a version) > otherwise things go very pear shaped. > > Rene > > 2009/12/3 chris morris <[email protected]>: > >> I have an old pc that runs perfectly on the unbuntu 9.10 liveCD >> When you try to install, it gets as far as the partitioning window and shows >> no drives at all. >> Even though it can see and mount the drive whilst in liveCD mode. >> >> So using liveCD mode I used Gparted to delete all partitions from the drive >> Tried the install again and same problem - no drive shown. >> >> So I used Gparted to create partitions manually and then tried the install - >> same problem no drives shown. >> >> So I booted from an older Ubuntu 8.04 CD and installed that without issue. >> >> Then, with a fresh install of 8.04 present, used the "upgrade to 9.10" >> feature from the update manager. >> >> 2 hours later after downloads and file updating is done it requires a >> reboot. >> >> No GUI and all sorts of xserver errors - oh yay! >> ( to be honest I half expected that because I've NEVER had one of those >> upgrades actually work ) >> >> So ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and managed to get GUI up as far as the >> login screen. >> After logging in it turns to poop with what looks like 4 desktop spaces >> squashed into one and masses of horizontal lines making anything unreadable. >> >> Any ideas as to how to get my screen back? >> >> chris >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HBLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug >> >> > > > > -- Chris Morris Sportsimages Photography, Computer Repairs, Websites, 560 Lowe Street Hastings 4120 06 878 3573 http://www.sportsimages.co.nz