upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox

Bob accessys at smart.net
Thu Apr 20 16:45:49 UTC 2023 

got it from the "official" kubuntu site.

right now I am loading it onto a 128gb usb thumb
and will see if it will boot from that.

Bob



On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Bmarsh wrote:

> Where did you get the DVD from...  ?   I'll download the same and try it.   Might be
> easier just to,load up an SD card and send it to you.  
> 
>
>       From: Bob <accessys at smart.net>
>       Subject: Re: upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox
>       Date: 4/19/23 11:15 PM
>       To: bmarsh at bmarsh.com, Kubuntu user technical support
>       <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> 
> the boot is from DVD and first thing (after BIOS) was asking how I wanted
> the boot disk to load. have tried a couple different ones but did default
> as first try
> 
> all USB ports work and I took something out of a USB to insert a smaller
> USB which wasn't recognized.
> 
> BIOS gives me choice of the hard drives that are plugged in and DVD and a
> null hda drive which has zero on it . but this has been there for long
> time and has had no effect in the past. can't seem to kill it. so always
> set it as last and is never accessed.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Bmarsh wrote:
> 
> > I have never come across a that.  Are you able to boot a USB yet?  Still honk
> you’re not
> > starting the install right.   What are you booting and what’s the first thing that
> comes
> > up?
> >
> >
> >    From: Bob <accessys at smart.net>
> >    Subject: Re: upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox
> >    Date: 4/19/23 8:43 PM
> >    To: bmarsh at bmarsh.com, Kubuntu user technical support
> >    <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >
> >
> > can't seem to find a way around the snap part of the install.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Bmarsh wrote:
> >
> > > Since I've never used snaps and never needed to, I wonder what you're doing.   
> > >
> > > I guess you're still using the live dvd or whatever...   
> > >
> > >
> > >    From: Bob <accessys at smart.net>
> > >    Subject: Re: upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox
> > >    Date: 4/19/23 7:17 PM
> > >    To: bmarsh at bmarsh.com, Kubuntu user technical support
> > >    <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > have 12tb and have a 4tb new partition for 22.04 so size is not the
> > > problem. the problem I am pretty sure is with Snapd.  carefully watching
> > > the install it hangs at "snapd auto restart...." and nothing happens for
> > > many minutes then it tells me to check the path and goes on with the
> > > install.  the 22.04 install seems to work fine Except for the fact that
> > > it cannot link to the internet.
> > >   I have been using one flavor or another of Linux since about Red Hat 3.1
> > > or so, switched to several others over the years when Red Hat went Fedora
> > > and finally landed on Kubuntu 16.04 so have been at this a while.  I
> > > switched to Linux at Y2K since what I was running would die then.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > Bob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Bmarsh wrote:
> > >
> > > > It might help if you explained more about your environment.  Installing
> kubuntu
> > > can be
> > > > very easy using normal types of hardware and networking but you seem to be
> > taking
> > > some
> > > > weird approaches.
> > > >
> > > > Not to rub salt, but today disc storage is cheap and should make things easy.
> >  As
> > > an
> > > > example, I have a 1tb drive on my computer and when I go to a new install, 1)
> > NEW
> > > > partitions for the new install, and leave the old system partitions untouched.
> >  2)
> > > install
> > > > the new system and if all goes well, move to it.
> > > >
> > > > If something goes wrong, I can still boot the old system.  No live CDs, no
> > special
> > > > procedures needed.  And the new install will ask my router (which is also a
> > Linux
> > > box) for
> > > > a dhcp ip  address  and be connected during and after the install.   
> > > >
> > > > So what's your hardware and network connection look like?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    From: Bob <accessys at smart.net>
> > > >    Subject: Re: upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox
> > > >    Date: 4/19/23 11:33 AM
> > > >    To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > checked it out but it seems a little like I would need some hand holding
> > > > the first time I used it.
> > > >   I am getting to the point of frustration. 20.04 worded fine and in fact
> > > > am running the 20.04 live CD currently with no problems.
> > > >   so unless I findd the solution in a day or two I am going to just call
> > > > it a "fail" and revert to Kubuntu 20.04 and just use it for now until
> > > > maybe 24.04 comes out and hopefully works better.
> > > >
> > > > thanks for all the help
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2023, Errol Sapir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > What you can do to install easily from an iso file is prepare a disk on key
> > > > > (of 8 giga  at least) with a program called "Ventoy". On that prepared disk
> > > > > all you have to do is copy any iso file toy the disk on key, boot from the
> > > > > disk onn key and install the program directly from the iso files. One can
> > > > > even use a larger disk on key and copy many iso files to it and choose the
> > > > > program you want to install. Great program "Ventoy". I have a bootable hard
> > > > > drive with tens of iso programs on it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Errol
> > > > >
> > > > > On 17/04/2023 6:08, Bob wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> good idea, getting late will give it a try tomorrow
> > > > >>
> > > > >> thanks
> > > > >> Bob
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 6:39 PM Bob <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> the ISO has been downloaded but when I tried to burn a DVD it says the
> > > > >>>> 4.7gb DVD is too small even though the ISO says it is 4.7gb
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Perhaps you can try a net install CD. They are small, and fit on an old
> > > > >>> CD.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> The net install CD should be able to verify the networking stack comes
> > > > >>> up as expected.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> You don't have to install using the net install CD. Just test with it.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Jeff
> > > > >>>
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