Comments on: Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/ News, Tips, and How-Tos for Ubuntu Linux Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dphirschler http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-51147 dphirschler Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:51:22 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-51147 I am afraid to upgrade at the moment because I have MythTV installed. I am afraid of breaking it. Does anyone know if MythTV will survive the upgrade to 8.10? Or will I have to install it all over again? Darryl I am afraid to upgrade at the moment because I have MythTV installed. I am afraid of breaking it. Does anyone know if MythTV will survive the upgrade to 8.10? Or will I have to install it all over again?

Darryl

]]> By: Anonymous http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-44708 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:01:06 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-44708 I would warn anyone upgrading to install Intrepid into a separate partition as a fresh install. Do NOT just upgrade. I upgraded on two machines and now both of them have problems. The first machine has an Nvidia 6200 LE card and I constantly saw an PCI-E error in the virtual terminals (CTRL + ALT + F1, F2, F3 etc) Also dmesg was filling with the same error. My USB card reader stopped working. On the second machine, SSH sessions run very slowly and USB drives do not show up correctly. Machine 1 is now back on Hardy Heron and everything works correctly. Just about to downgrade machine 2 now! I would warn anyone upgrading to install Intrepid into a separate partition as a fresh install. Do NOT just upgrade.

I upgraded on two machines and now both of them have problems.

The first machine has an Nvidia 6200 LE card and I constantly saw an PCI-E error in the virtual terminals (CTRL + ALT + F1, F2, F3 etc)
Also dmesg was filling with the same error.
My USB card reader stopped working.

On the second machine, SSH sessions run very slowly and USB drives do not show up correctly.

Machine 1 is now back on Hardy Heron and everything works correctly. Just about to downgrade machine 2 now!

]]> By: charles http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-41220 charles Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:34:17 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-41220 Will I need to save or backup any personal files in my picture or videos folders before I upgrade to 8.10? Or will these files be safe? Will I need to save or backup any personal files in my picture or videos folders before I upgrade to 8.10? Or will these files be safe?

]]> By: MZ http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-40725 MZ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:21:51 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-40725 On my Dell, I was using the Intrepid release candidate, but after upgrading to the final version, when I rebooted, it said it couldn't find the linux image headers or something. That's happened twice. Since then, I've been sticking with Hardy. On another computer, the ethernet card simply does not work. Sticking with Hardy there too. On my Dell, I was using the Intrepid release candidate, but after upgrading to the final version, when I rebooted, it said it couldn’t find the linux image headers or something. That’s happened twice. Since then, I’ve been sticking with Hardy.

On another computer, the ethernet card simply does not work. Sticking with Hardy there too.

]]> By: Hide the Desktop icons in Gnome for a clutter free Ubuntu | The Greatest Linux Blog on the Internets. http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-40595 Hide the Desktop icons in Gnome for a clutter free Ubuntu | The Greatest Linux Blog on the Internets. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:50:06 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-40595 [...] (Via Tombuntu’s Ubuntu “Intrepid Ibex” 8.10 upgrade notes) [...] [...] (Via Tombuntu’s Ubuntu “Intrepid Ibex” 8.10 upgrade notes) [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-40495 Anonymous Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:55:12 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-40495 Also, envy worked great for my Nvidia 7900 in my desktop and the onboard 6150 in my Compaq Presario V6000. Get it here: http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Also, envy worked great for my Nvidia 7900 in my desktop and the onboard 6150 in my Compaq Presario V6000.

Get it here:

http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-40494 Anonymous Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:52:33 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-40494 You can just upgrade your existing install - open up a terminal and type: sudo update-manager -d You can just upgrade your existing install – open up a terminal and type:
sudo update-manager -d

]]> By: gvhill http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-36209 gvhill Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:21:37 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-36209 When upgraded laptop with radeon 9600 no xserver, just command line. I have resolved this. Have cold feet re: upgrade on my desktop. Following is from release notes for Intrepid Ibex: nVidia "legacy" video support The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, are not compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration. Users of other nVidia chipsets that are supported by the 173 or 177 driver series will be transitioned to the nvidia-glx-173 or nvidia-glx-177 package instead. However, unlike drivers 96 and 71, drivers 173 and 177 are only compatible with CPUs that support SSE (e.g. Intel Pentium III, AMD Athlon XP or higher). Systems with older CPUs will also be transitioned to the nv driver on upgrade. ATI "fglrx" video support The ATI video driver in 8.10 drops support for video cards with r300 based chips (the Radeon 9500 - X600 Series of cards). If you have such a card, please use "Hardware Drivers" at System/Administration to disable it before the upgrade. Please see bug 284408 for more information When upgraded laptop with radeon 9600 no xserver, just command line. I have resolved this. Have cold feet re: upgrade on my desktop. Following is from release notes for Intrepid Ibex:

nVidia “legacy” video support

The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, are not compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration.

Users of other nVidia chipsets that are supported by the 173 or 177 driver series will be transitioned to the nvidia-glx-173 or nvidia-glx-177 package instead. However, unlike drivers 96 and 71, drivers 173 and 177 are only compatible with CPUs that support SSE (e.g. Intel Pentium III, AMD Athlon XP or higher). Systems with older CPUs will also be transitioned to the nv driver on upgrade.
ATI “fglrx” video support

The ATI video driver in 8.10 drops support for video cards with r300 based chips (the Radeon 9500 – X600 Series of cards). If you have such a card, please use “Hardware Drivers” at System/Administration to disable it before the upgrade. Please see bug 284408 for more information

]]> By: Vadim P. http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-36065 Vadim P. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:52:33 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-36065 Quite well here, drivers worked fine on an 8600M GT here too. Btw, use rafal.ca if you're on Canada - it works awesome (maxes out my connection in Toronto) Quite well here, drivers worked fine on an 8600M GT here too.

Btw, use rafal.ca if you’re on Canada – it works awesome (maxes out my connection in Toronto)

]]> By: reggaethecat http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/10/upgrading-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/#comment-35950 reggaethecat Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:03:24 +0000 http://tombuntu.com/?p=1312#comment-35950 Upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 a couple of weeks ago, and pretty impressed. I got bored with Gnome, KDE 4.1 is very pretty even with just the default theme - and no performance issues. And I am rediscovering Amarok - top stuff! Only problem is that the sound keeps setting itself to mute after every bootup. Apart from that no real problems. Hardware is Acer Aspire 1640. Upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 a couple of weeks ago, and pretty impressed. I got bored with Gnome, KDE 4.1 is very pretty even with just the default theme – and no performance issues. And I am rediscovering Amarok – top stuff! Only problem is that the sound keeps setting itself to mute after every bootup. Apart from that no real problems. Hardware is Acer Aspire 1640.

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