Natty 64 bit upgrade issue

[Steve Morris]

On 22/05/11 08:14, Clay Weber wrote:
> On Saturday, May 21, 2011 05:52:09 PM Steve Morris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>       I have downloaded and burned the natty 64bit alternate cd. Having
>> used apt-cdrom to add the cd to the repositories and disabled the
>> maverick cd repositories with synaptic, I attempted to use  sudo apt-get
>> dist-upgrade, to upgrade my kubuntu/ubuntu system,  which failed because
>> it said that a package (whose name I don't remember) was going to break
>> networkmanager and refused to go any further.
> Maybe you should have used the alt-cd method as described here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NattyUpgrades/Kubuntu
> It does a few more things than just editig the software sources and running a
> dist-upgrade
>
>
>
>>       I found that packagekit had detected the natty cd and offered a
>> dist upgrade feature which I used. It then proceeded to update and
>> configure the system from the cdrom, plus I think some packages from the
>> net. It also removed 60 packages, after prompting me to do so, on the
>> grounds that after the upgrade they were obsolete. This upgrade with
>> packagekit said it was going to install around 200 (I think) packages
>> and upgrade 1163.
> That sounds about right. That feature you found is the same method from the
> wiki page, only your cd was detected properly (doesn't always happen)
>
>>       When I rebooted I found that there was no entry for Ubuntu in kdm.
>> I booted into kde and then used synaptic to install both gnome-minimal
>> and gnome-desktop, and also installed all packages beginning with Unity
>> (there were no packages beginning with Unity actually installed, so I'm
>> not sure what the upgrade did, given that I thought with 11.04 the base
>> was Unity, not Gnome). When I rebooted there were entries in kdm for
>> Ubuntu and Ubuntu Classic.
>>       If I selected Ubuntu Classic the system loaded what looked like
>> standard Gnome, but if I selected Ubuntu all I got was a desktop
>> background with no taskbars and the only mouse right click functionality
>> was to create new folders, documents and change the background wallpaper.
>>       As a side issue to this when I booted the load screen said my
>> system was Kubuntu 11.04, so it thinks the system has actually been
>> upgraded.
>>
>>       Does anyone know what packages I need in order to get a fully
>> working Unity desktop?
>>
> Install the package *ubuntu*-desktop, this would pull in all the missing bits.
>
I have now resolved the issue. From my experience what I had to do 
indicates that the plugin in question has not been written properly by 
the developers.
What I had to do was load Ubuntu Classic from gdm, run ccsm and activate 
the unity plugin, which then caused the menus to display from Ubuntu. 
But where the issue comes in as a result of this is that with this 
plugin active the unity toolbar is displayed in Ubuntu Classic, which it 
should not.
Also, I don't know how I have done it, I have caused the icon that 
enables the display of all applications installed (the category listings 
displayed by the old start menu) to disappear from the toolbar and I 
cannot find any way of getting it back.
So all in all, including the icons actually displayed on the unity 
toolbar, the unity implementation leaves a lot to be desired.

regards,
Steve

>> regards,
>> Steve
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