upgrade Xubuntu 15.04 to Kubuntu 15.04 (was: Files in Paste...)

[Felix Miata]

Richard Barmann composed on 2015-08-20 11:32 (UTC-0400):

>>> http://paste.ubuntu.com/12126008
>>> http://paste.ubuntu.com/12126078

>> These tell us that the installation these came from is using the proprietary
>> nvidia 304.125 driver and does not have KMS disabled. Also is told it's using
>> the 32 bit 3.19 kernel, which is a 15.04/Vivid kernel.

>>> I went to the nonworking Kubuntu in a terminal

>> Exactly what does this mean? Did you boot into emergency mode in the broken
>> installation?

>>> and dug down to
>>> /var/log/xorg.0.log. Could not get it to open.

>           I got this today. Is it the other log? 
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/12136077/

It's the current log generated by the same installation as the one above,
just a day or so newer.

>     This morning I found an Xorg.conf.02122015 I pasted it 
> here. http://paste.ubuntu.com/12136153/

It looks like a valid file for use with nvidia driver version 304.123.

> I am Emailing with Xfce. the working files for log are from Xfce.

XFCE on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid), apparently, which output from the following
would confirm.

>> What's the output of 'grep VER /etc/os-release' on your working OK Kubuntu
>> installation?

>     I am Emailing with Xfce. The working Log I sent is from Xfce. I will 
> try to get a log from the non loading Kubuntu.

>     It comes up on the Password page drop down as Plasma. I can enter a 
> password and it accepts it and go to a blank screen.

Likely this means you have Plasma installed, but something is missing.
Repairing the Plasma installation makes more sense to me, which would leave
you with a still working XFCE from which to perform repairs.

Probably start with this either on a vtty login or an XFCE terminal login:

	sudo apt-get install -f --reinstall plasma-workspace

Then log out of XFCE and try to login to a Plasma session. If that fails to
produce improvement, go back to an XFCE session terminal or a vtty and try:

	sudo apt-get install -f --reinstall kubuntu-desktop.

If that produces an error about not being installed already, do:

	sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.

If none of the above get a working Plasma Desktop, I wouldn't expect another
15.04 installation to be helpful.

> If some one could wzalk me throgh deleting and renameing partitions I 
> would delete the version 15.04 of Kubuntu and install 14.xx for now and 
> try again when the new 15.xx come out in a month or two. I hope what I 
> have sent now will give you a clue as to what I should do. If yo need 
> anything else please let me know . I think I have figure out how to send 
> these files.

Probably better to forget about the other installation for the moment, and
forget about partitioning unless the repair process fails.

The existing partitions won't need to be deleted. All that will be necessary
to try to install 14.10 will be to ensure it gets installed to the currently
broken / partition. It should be installed with its bootloader on its /
partition instead of the MBR. Then when its installation is done, update-grub
can be run from 15.04 to add 14.10 to the 15.04 boot menu.
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