[ubuntu-us-nm] 8.04 upgrade stories

[Eric Krieger]

Cool thanks...I'll file that one away for future use. I do like the
Nvidia one better. Much more control ...see attached image. =)

Eric




Andrew Parker wrote:
> #3 from below.  This is a missing menu too:  sudo displayconfig-gtk
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> Andrew Parker
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> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 12:31 -0600, Eric Krieger wrote:
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>> Here's mine....
>>
>> The Bad:
>>
>> 1 - Flash was broken no sound and very choppy playback. Had to install
>> libflashsupport and libflash-mozplugin to fix flash issues.
>>
>> 2 - Pulse Audio sound quality leaves much to be desired. It seems that
>> anything (copying a file to an nfs share, searching the locatal hd,etc.)
>> can cause playback to crackly. No fix yet. Hope this move was not a
>> mistake for Ubuntu. That said moving between my laptop docking station
>> and native sound is working better but sounds like crap.
>>
>> 3 - Not impress with the new video setup menu. Had to install the
>> official NVIDIA drivers to gain some control over how my laptop handles
>> switching between local screen and my Dell 2407WFPHC monitor. Where did
>> all the settings go?
>>
>> 4 - VPNC - Was broken but protonchris rebuild of it works flawlessly.
>> Thanks protonchris!
>>
>> 5 - IPOD Support: I have a gen4 ipod. I use banshee/hipo to sync it to
>> my music collection. I use banshee because it will auto convert media
>> from say ogg to mp3 as it is syncing to the ipod. They only way that I
>> can get either banshee or hipo to work is to launch Rhythmbox first.
>> Once Rhythmbox see it I can then close Rhythmbox and use the other
>> applications.
>>
>> The Good:
>>
>> 1 - System Monitor - looks awesome!
>>
>> 2 - OpenOffice - 2.4 is really nice!
>>
>> 3 - FireFox 3 - I like the fact that it's theme integrates with the
>> native GTK2 themes.
>>
>> So far my biggest complaint is Pulse Audio.
>>
>> Eric
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>>
>> Leif Gregory wrote:
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>>> So my upgrade went pretty smooth. Had a few things requiring fixing.
>>>
>>> 1. Pysol-FC stopped working. Had to re-install python-imaging-tk. Must
>>> have gotten uninstalled during the upgrade.
>>>
>>> 2. Frostwire stopped working, conflict between Java alternatives or
>>> something. Had to run "sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun"
>>> which fixed it.
>>>
>>> 3. DigiKam got uninstalled somehow. apt-get fixed it and I ended up
>>> with the latest version, so that was nice. also didn't lose any of my
>>> config stuff.
>>>
>>> 4. Still got a weird problem with Xplanet where every once in a while
>>> my desktop wallpaper reverts to default Ubuntu. Xplanet is running an
>>> update to the desktop every few minutes so it reverts back to Xplanet
>>> again. Gonna have to dig through the Nautilus settings. I vaguely
>>> remember a similar issue way back when.
>>>
>>> 5. Ended up with icons out the wazoo on my top panel mainly because I
>>> had manually added some things, and in the upgrade they were added by
>>> default. Can't decide if I like Tracker or Beagle though. Got both up
>>> there till I decide.
>>>
>>> 6. I like the weather and locations addition to the date/time in the
>>> panel. My oldest daughter lives in Japan, so it's nice and easy to see
>>> what time it is there now.
>>>
>>> 7. Synergy was semi-broke with unacceptable lag on the clients. Seems
>>> to have to do with the FAIR_GROUP_SCHEDULER. Since I don't know enough
>>> about it yet, I'm just invoking Synergy with gksudo as a workaround.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/194029
>>>
>>> 8. Lost my transparent menu bars under Compiz. I think I need to switch
>>> over to Emerald again to get them back. Just haven't gotten around to
>>> it yet.
>>>
>>> I haven't made it through all my apps yet, but other than those
>>> listed, I haven't run into any other problems. Gotta learn how to use
>>> the Policy Kit. 
>>>
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