Ubuntu 9.10 repeated dialogue: "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode"

Leonard Chatagnier lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Dec 8 00:43:24 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:
> On 12/07/2009 03:53 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>    
>> Mark C. Miller wrote:
>>      
>>> On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:13:47 +0000, Paul Richards wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>>    I keep
>>>> up to date by regularly running "aptitude update&&   aptitude
>>>> dist-upgrade".
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> This reminded me to ask ...
>>>
>>> is this any different than waiting for the update manager to alert you to
>>> available updates? (Running Ubuntu 9.10)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Yep, your cli commands will pick up whatever is new on the mirrors while
>> using update manager or any gui will check periodically to see what's
>> new.  I use the cli quite ofter when notifications show nothing and find
>> upgrades available all the time.   Why do you use dist-upgrade; I always
>> use safe-upgrade(recommended).  Dist-upgrade will upgrade to the next
>> release when one is available and you might not want that since Karmic
>> is the latest and greatest-:o)
>> Len
>>
>>      
> Not sure where 'safe-upgrade' or 'dist-upgrade' is recommended from...
> simple:
>    
If you were to use aptitude upgrade the command would work but you get 
an info message
to the fact the upgrade is depreciated and safe-upgrade is preferred, 
something to that effect.
In any case either command will complete and I don't know if there is 
any consequence of
using plain old upgrade.  Dist-upgrade goes a long way back(to Debian 
Woody for me) and
I was always told it's primary purpose is to upgrade to the next version 
and that's all I've used
it for.  Of cource, that's not the ubuntu way these days.
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> should suffice.
>    
It does, of course, as I've copied same commands from the net and am too 
lazy to edit them to
aptitude.
> For changing the upgrade notifications, see:
> <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904>
>
> <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#Change%20in%20notifications%20of%20available%20updates>
>
> <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910#Change%20in%20notifications%20of%20available%20updates>
>
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