Updating Ubuntu

Thu Feb 22 20:09:32 GMT 2007

The way I do it is:
Open up synaptic.  Search for the version # of the kernel you want to
remove.  Or just do a search for "linux kernel", and remove the old
versions.
It's more than 1 package to completely remove it.
-Bryan

On 2/22/07, David Ally <david_ally at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Please could anybody help out with this problem? Whenever I update my
> Ubuntu desktop with a new kernel release, it always increase the number of
> option to choose from when booting a dual boot system.
>
> Presently I have upto five diferent kernel versions to choose from and one
> instance of Win XP.
>
> I don't want all other versions of kernel except the latest one and of
> course my Win XP. I looked out for grub.conf to deactivated all other but
> couldn't locate this file. Please help out
>
> David
>
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>    4. public administration software in germany/nrw only for
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> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:00:26 +0000
> From: "David Caldwell" <dcaldwell at accessit.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 14
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> Thanks, Gavin.
>
> In dhcpd.conf I didn't actually add anything - I altered the IPs to match
> the server and the subnet I'm on and altered the DHCP address range.
>
> Initially, I tried simply doing an 'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop' on
> the server, but I couldn't see how I could get a thin client to log into a
> KDE session so I thought I had to chroot the kubuntu-desktop install it
> instead.
>
> So, if I rebuild the ltsp file system and install kubuntu-desktop on the
> server (it is actually already installed), do you know what steps I need to
> take to enable clients to log into KDE (I'd like it to be default)?
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> Thanks,
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> David.
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> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:15:51 +0000
> From: Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 14
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> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, David Caldwell wrote:
>
> > Initially, I tried simply doing an 'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop' on
> > the server, but I couldn't see how I could get a thin client to log into
> > a KDE session so I thought I had to chroot the kubuntu-desktop install
> it
> > instead.
>
> ldm doesn't give you the option of launching a kde session.
>
> > So, if I rebuild the ltsp file system and install kubuntu-desktop on the
> > server (it is actually already installed), do you know what steps I need
> > to take to enable clients to log into KDE (I'd like it to be default)?
>
> Since edubuntu 6.10, ldm gives an available session list.  I guess it
> doesn't have kde in there or else maybe kde just isn't the default?  It
> appears from the code that ldm uses some sort of socket to get a list of
> available sessions from the server but I'm not too clear how that works or
> how you'd modify the answer the server gives.
>
> Looking quickly at the ldm code in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/sbin/ldm:
>
>   # select the right session command
>   session_manager = get_config('LDM_REMOTECMD') or '/etc/X11/Xsession'
>
>   if selected_session != 'None' and not get_config('LDM_REMOTECMD'):
>     session_manager = session_manager+' '+selected_session
>
> suggests the LDM_REMOTECMD variable placed in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf
> might allow you to specify a session.  I'm not certain what the kde
> session
> command is off the top of my head but a quick search suggests it may be
> "startkde".
>
> If this is true, you may be able to put something like
>
>     LDM_REMOTECMD=/usr/bin/startkde
>
> but I really haven't tested this so I'm not sure.  As an initial test, you
> could set:
>
>     LDM_REMOTECMD=/usr/bin/firefox
>
> in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf and reboot the thin client.  If when you
> login it goes straight into firefox, this works.  It'd be very useful to
> know if this works so please tell us how you get on.
>
> Gavin
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:28:15 +0000
> From: Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 14
> To: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Hi again,
>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, David Caldwell wrote:
> >
> > > Initially, I tried simply doing an 'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop'
> on
> > > the server, but I couldn't see how I could get a thin client to log
> into
> > > a KDE session so I thought I had to chroot the kubuntu-desktop install
> it
> > > instead.
> >
> > ldm doesn't give you the option of launching a kde session.
>
> This is a badly phrased question, not a statement.  Does ldm not give you
> the option?
>
> Gavin
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:05:15 +0100
> From: Jochen <jochengeorges at yahoo.de>
> Subject: public administration software in germany/nrw only for
>     windows
> To: edubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com, edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200702212205.16006.jochengeorges at yahoo.de>
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>
> Hello,
>
> sorry for crossposting and german language.
>
> In germany/nrw there is a public school-administration software, which is
> free
> of costs for schools, but it runs only under windows :-(
>
> Hallo frei bildende/gebildete aus NRW,
>
> heute hatte ich eine Fortbildung zum Thema "Schulverwaltung" mit
> Schild-NRW.
> Schild-NRW ist eine vom Land NRW bezahlte und f?r NRW-Schulen kostenlose
> Schulverwaltungssoftware.
> http://www.svws.nrw.de/index.html
>
> Das Programm ist richtig gut und scheint recht ergnomisch zu sein. Im
> Moment
> ist es das einzige Schulverwaltungsprogramm, mit dem man die Stastistik
> mit
> dem Landesserver in der ab n?chstem Jahr geltenden Form abwickeln kann.
>
> Nur leider ist es ein Windowsprogramm und benutzt eine Accessdatenbank
> (man
> kann allerdings wohl MySQL oder Firebird einbinden.
>
> http://www.svws.nrw.de/files/schild2000/neuecd/Schild-NRW/Dokumentation/SchILD-NRW_MySQL41.pdf
> )
>
> Da ist es wieder, das ?ffentliches Gut (das Programm wurde ja mit Steuern
> bezahlt) closed source ist und zum Kauf von Monopolistenkram zwingt.
>
> Bitte geht auf die Didacta und sprecht mit den Schild-Leuten. Schreibt dem
>
> Kultusministerium, den Bezirksregierungen, den Parteien im Landtag oder
> wem
> auch immer!
>
>
> Beste Gruesse
> Jochen
>
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