Re: upgrading ubuntu to 9.1
chris morris <[email protected]>
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Well I made the mistake of doing the 'recommended' updates to 9.04 when the popup asked me to. After the required reboot we have a screwed up GUI again. So perhaps its something to do with the latest kernel? rather than any particular version of Ubuntu. chris chris morris wrote: > 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