[xubuntu-users] Any problems upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04.1?

[Victor Forberger]

On 9/2/24 17:01, Wiebe van der Worp wrote:
> On 02-09-2024 22:51, Jeffery Small wrote:
>> I had some very serious problems when upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04 and
>> just wanted to ask here if people who have now upgraded to 24.04.1 have
>> seen any significant problems or whether things went smoothly? 
> 
> Thanks for asking this, I'm quite hesitant myself. On a laptop, I 
> haven't encountered any problems apart from a few minor things, such as 
> a weird question about screenlocker and some problems with bluetooth 
> that were probably also a problem in 22.04. On login ‘problems detected’ 
> but #dmesg suggests it's fine. So far happy with it. I hope there will 
> be more responses as I also need to upgrade a system running systemd 
> networkd.
> 

I have upgraded my desktop but not my laptop.

The switch to mostly snaps could be smoother, and I still need to play 
with the system more to discover all the changes.

Disabling all non-ubuntu PPA meant I had to reinstall handbrake and 
darktable.

Reenabling the PPAs with updated info for Noble (in place of Jammy) did 
not work. I had to remove and then download the PPA keys again. Then I 
could reinstall handbrake and darktable. The PPAs are courtesy of 
ubuntuhandbook.org -- a lovely resource.

The PPA for Vivaldi, tied to installation of the deb, has also been 
removed manually, so I may not get updates anymore until I download a 
newer deb and then install that newer deb via sudo apt install ./vivaldi 
. . . .deb

Veracrypt needed to be removed and then re-installed with a version just 
for 24.04

Thunderbird took a very long time (several minutes) to start up on first 
run.

Insync, though the same version for 22.04 and 24.04, apparently needed 
to be reinstalled for it to run again under 24.04. Prior to 
re-installation, insync prevented thunar and xfdesktop from 
running/displaying the desktop. Quitting insync and then installing the 
deb fixed the problem. Though I do not have an active PPA for insync 
anymore with the switch to 24.04. That problem will need to be addressed.

Strangely, I also had to reinstall pdftk and xsane. Why?

Cryptomator kept chugging along without issues.

I have already seen that the PulseAudio plugin in the panel is 
non-functional. Running pavucontrol from terminal, however, still works. 
I have not had the time to tackle the problem with the plugin/panel at 
the moment.

I have been running Xubuntu since 2011. This jump to 24.04 should have 
been easier than it turned out.

Yes, there were many screens about changed config files. Those are 
normal for me through the years. What has changed is that re-enabling 
PPAs with updated info no longer works.

One plus is that the major changes with the panel in 22.04 (which redid 
the plugin scheme for the panel) was much easier to manage this time 
around with 24.04. The only problem so far, as noted above, has been the 
PulseAudio plugin.

-Victor
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