difference between "do-release-upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade"

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:11:03 +0200
Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> wrote:

> No. do-release-upgrade downloads the real upgrade program from the
> server
> (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-proposed/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/lucid.tar.gz
> for 10.04). This program contains up-to-date fixes for problems that
> can't be handled by the packages themselves, e.g. enforcing some
> packages to get upgraded first even is this is not enforced by
> dependencies, and some code for clean up after the upgrade.

I Dled that file and opened some of the scripts to take a look.  Gads,
there are a /lot/ of quirks to overcome!  It's a wonder any of us end
up with workable installations.

I did, though!

I just got through with doing the upgrade from Lucid to Maverick via,
"release-upgrade -d," and ended up at a command line.  Logging in
and issuing, "startx," didn't work, there were no error messages
displayed.Luckily, I know to adjust the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and remove
my nvidia driver, substituting the nv driver. Not being a real Linux
professional, I had to first install mc. A reboot gave me a normal
login but graphics were pretty screwed up as you can probably imagine
until I disabled Compiz, enabling Metacity, and got the nvidia driver
again.  Finally everything is working right again but I fear for the
folks who don't know these tricks and have/use nvidia cards and
software.
So far everything else works fine and I'm once again pleased to have
upgraded instead of keeping the old.

Thank you, Ubuntu.

Cybe R. Wizard
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