Glitches on upgrade to 12.10

[Phill Whiteside]

Ubuntu have dropped CD sized images with 12.10. If the host computer can
only read a CD (i.e. no usb boot either) then a net-install would have to
be used.

Regards,

Phill

Regards,

Phill.

On 29 October 2012 13:03, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:05:24 +0100
> Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have upgraded to 12.10 yesterday evening and it went very smooth
> > indeed.  There is one comment I would make on the upgrade process that I
> > feel should be changed in future releases:
> > During the process in a number of times (around 15-20 in my case) a
> > message came up saying that I have modified some configuration files and
> > offering me the options to keep mine or change it to the new one.  I can
> > look what the difference is.  Now, while it seems fine, I actually did
> > not know many of the files where do they belong to or what do they do
> > and did not know what is the consequence if I keep mine versus using the
> > upgrade version.  What do I loose by not keeping?  If I keep do I miss
> > out some features? The process does not give data on it and for people
> > who are even less knowledgeable it would say nothing so they would
> > choose blindly one or the other option - almost pointless to even ask.
> > Why don't we just keep the modified files?
> > Just a point to make.
> >
> > Now, I do have some issues since upgrade though:
> > 1. Not directly related to upgrade but thought to put it here: I have
> > also downloaded the ISO images of both x64 and i386.  I like to have
> > them burned on CD in case I need them and sometimes I install for
> > someone else.  When I tried to burn them on CD, Brasero in both cases
> > said that they are two big for burning on a blank CD?!  Is that so?  Are
> > the images too big for CD?
>
> When I browse http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ , which is
> the Ubuntu 12.10 images, I see file sizes of 763MB for the 64-bit
> Desktop cd and 753MB for the i386 Desktop cd. That, indeed, is too big
> for a CD. It can be burned to either a USB drive or DVD, though.
>
> >
> > 2. Since upgrade Pidgin does not appear in the menu on the notification
> > area under the "envelop".  Actually after the reboot, that completed the
> > upgrade, the "envelop" and its menu was missing too entirely.  Then when
> > I started Thunderbird and Gwibber the "envelop" came and it is there
> > since but the only thing that is in the menu is Thinderbird and
> > Gwibber.  I do not have Pidgin even when it is running - it runs fine
> > though, but does not appear there.  BTW I also have Emphaty installed on
> > the system and while I do not use it, before upgrade it did appear in
> > that menu and now it is not there.  I have filed this as a bug against
> > the Pidgin package, not sure if that is the right place though.
> >
> > 3. After upgrade I tried Libreoffice today the first time.  When I
> > opened a Calc (table) file it opened fine, however the top menu (Files,
> > Edit, etc.) did not show up integrated into the top bar or in any way.
> > The menu was missing!  It was not there in the full windowed mode or the
> > smaller one either.  Then I closed it and when started next time it just
> > worked fine and does so since.  Did not file a bug as I can not
> > reproduce, but right after upgrade it was there.  Kind of strange.
> > Wanted to report it here.
> >
> > Other than the above issues everything seems to be running just fine and
> > the system is smooth as butter.  I love the new background images,
> > congrats for whoever choose them.
> >
> > I would be glad to assist to fix any of the above ones if I can do
> > something.  Testing, additional data, anything.  Let me know.
> >
> > Have a nice day.
> >
> > Gabor,
> >
>
>
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