Updating to 15.04

[accessys at smart.net]

I have used XFCE for many years and find it a very nice desktop,  powerful 
without being overwhelming.  I would use it more if it were able to do all 
of the things that Plasma does natively.   (updates are a PITA)

Bob


On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, bmarsh at bmarsh.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:58:52 -0400
> From: "bmarsh at bmarsh.com" <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: "<kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Updating to 15.04
> 
>
> Got something for you to try that will:
>
> 1) prove whether your graphics card is the problem.
>
> 2) may be your final solution to the problem.
>
> Get yourself to a 15.04. Terminal session....   And then:
>
> Sudo apt-get install xfce4
>
> Reboot and when you get to the initial login screen, use the pull-down menu to select an XFCE session instead of Plasma.   Then complete the login.
>
> XFCE is a much less graphic intensive window manager and doesn't have all the glitz (and cost) of Plasma.  I like it and I think you will too.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
>> On Apr 5, 2015, at 8:57 PM, Richard Barmann <reb68 at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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....
>>>
>>> ichard at richard-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -c display
>>>  *-display
>>>       description: VGA compatible controller
>>>       product: NV44A [GeForce 6200]
>>>       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
>>>       physical id: 0
>>>       bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
>>>       version: a1
>>>       width: 32 bits
>>>       clock: 66MHz
>>>       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
>>>       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
>>>       resources: irq:16 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:c0000000-dfffffff memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:fc000000-fc01ffff
>>> richard at richard-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -c disk
>>>  *-disk:0
>>>       description: ATA Disk
>>>       product: MAXTOR STM316081
>>>       vendor: Maxtor
>>>       physical id: 0.0.0
>>>       bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0
>>>       logical name: /dev/sda
>>>       version: 3.AA
>
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