Updating to 15.04

[Richard Barmann]

On 04/05/2015 09:58 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On 04/05/2015 09:24 PM, Richard Barmann wrote:
>> On 04/05/2015 09:16 PM, bmarsh at bmarsh.com wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 5, 2015, at 8:57 PM, Richard Barmann <reb68 at att.net> wrote:
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>>>>> On 04/05/2015 11:48 AM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/05/2015 01:42 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>>>>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 04/04/2015 02:49 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>>>>>>> I don't know "hwinfo" but how about "lshw"? OTOH I don't know if
>>>>>>>> that is also removed from 15.04 (I'm still using 14.04).
>>>>>>> That's one I didn't know about...(lshw)  and it is in 15.04. Pretty
>>>>>>> good except that 'hwinfo'  was able to output specific devices if
>>>>>>> asked   (gfx, disk, memory), which cut down on the info.
>>>>>> sudo lshw -c display
>>>>>> sudo lshw -c disk
>>>>>> sudo lshw -c memory
>>>>>> sudo lshw -c network
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... :)
>>>>> Thanks for this....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> Haven't forgotten you...   Didn't see the cpu mentioned...  Is it 32 
>>> or 64 bit...  But that shouldn't matter...
>>>
>>> Not sure but i might have a 6200 video here...  I am running a 
>>> 9400.  Will think on this overnight...  As to what to try next...
>> It is 32 bit.
>> Thank you
>> Dick Barmann
>>
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> Some things to check:
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> ps  aux  |  grep lightdm         <---- checks for the existence of 
> lightdm running   You should get one line:    grep lightdm which just 
> shows the cmd you issued
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> ps aux | grep sddm        <===  you should get lots of output showing 
> that sddm is running.
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> On the other hand, some people say that sddm isn't starting upon a 
> boot.   You should get about 11 lines of output from the grep sddm 
> line above.
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> Been googling the problem and someone had both of them running which 
> caused problems.
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> I have one line in lightdm and eleven lines in sddm.
in my 14.10 I have four lines in lightdm and one line in sddm

Dick Barmann
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