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    12.04 sucks!

    I was quite happy with my 11.10 setup, until I started getting notifier popups every 15-20 minutes urging me to upgrade. I don't normally do upgrades, as I prefer clean installs, but I figured I'd give it a try. I clicked on the button to run the upgrade, but after a few minutes it encountered an error and stopped. I backed up all my data, and downloaded the 64-bit ISO and burned it to a CD, just like always. I got halfway through a clean install, and the same thing happened. Error encountered, cannot install. I submitted the bug to Launchpad, but after not hearing anything for several days I decided to power up the computer to reinstall 11.10. I was quite surprised when I found 12.04 (apparently) working! It needed to install some more packages, which I did. Things ran okay for a few days, but then there was a power outage and I had to reboot. In the system tray was an exclamation mark that said a program had crashed either now or recently. I clicked on it, and it brought up the crash handler/bug submitter... which promptly crashed. Then I started getting a light bulb icon saying "Software upgrade notifications are available". When I click on that, though, it brings up a completely black box that's about 100 pixels high and over 2600 pixels wide (I have dual monitors and it more than spans both). All I can do is right-click and close it. And today, I can't even use apt-get! When I try, something crashes, which brings up the crash handler that promptly crashes. I love Kubuntu, but trying to use this computer has turned into my own personal hell. I'm going back to 11.10
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    #2
    Wait for the 12.04.1

    Hope it fixes the main issues
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      #3
      If you have an ethernet conenction, before logging in to the desktop ctrl-alt-F1 to go to the console. Log in there and then do a sudo apt-get update followed by a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. It sounds like your system is not fully installed. 12.04 is pretty stable.
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        #4
        Originally posted by vw72 View Post
        If you have an ethernet conenction, before logging in to the desktop ctrl-alt-F1 to go to the console. Log in there and then do a sudo apt-get update followed by a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. It sounds like your system is not fully installed. 12.04 is pretty stable.
        Also in addition to those commands;
        Code:
        sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
        To make sure there are no broken packages and that all the needed packages are installed.
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          #5
          I approach a new release in one of two ways:
          1) Start with the alpha and work through to the release, or
          2) Wait for the release and do a FRESH install.

          IF I go with 2) I make sure that all things work, or that I know of good work-arounds for those that do not.

          Regardless of which approach I use the first thing I do is pull out my USB 320 GB HD and back up my entire home account.
          "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
          – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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            #6
            Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
            I approach a new release in one of two ways:
            1) Start with the alpha and work through to the release, or
            2) Wait for the release and do a FRESH install.

            IF I go with 2) I make sure that all things work, or that I know of good work-arounds for those that do not.

            Regardless of which approach I use the first thing I do is pull out my USB 320 GB HD and back up my entire home account.


            2) is what I did, after the update failed. The FRESH install failed as well.
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              Still not right.

              So I tried the above suggestions, going into console mode, etc.
              sudo apt-get update did a normal update.
              sudo apt-get dist-upgrade downloaded and installed a fonts file, hdparm, network-manager, python-uno, sudo, uno-libs3, ure, and a bunch of libreoffice stuff.
              sudo apt-get -f install said 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
              sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop said that kubuntu-desktop is already the newest version.

              After doing those four commands, I rebooted the computer and logged into the GUI. apt-get now works again in Konsole. I'm still getting that light bulb that says "Software upgrade notifications are available", which produces a blank black box when I open it. I've only been back up and running for a few minutes at this point, so I'll post if anything else goes wrong.
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                #8
                Originally posted by wfischer View Post
                2) is what I did, after the update failed. The FRESH install failed as well.
                How did it fail? What were the failure messages?

                Did you verify the md5sum of the iso download, and of the LiveCD or LiveUSB after you burned it? (There is an option in the bootup screen of either install that gives you the option to check the CD/USB before you try to install it).

                Did you try to run 12.04 as a LiveCD or LiveUSB before you tried to install it?

                I ask because an install failure from a LiveCD or LiveUSB is often due to burning a faulty iso file, which is usually caused by a faulty download.
                "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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                  #9
                  The lightbulb is most likely that the flash installer could not be installed because of missing dependencies (mainly gnome stuff). If you search the forum on that you will find the steps to manually install flash and remove the installer.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vw72 View Post
                    The lightbulb is most likely that the flash installer could not be installed because of missing dependencies (mainly gnome stuff). If you search the forum on that you will find the steps to manually install flash and remove the installer.
                    It also comes while installing Wine. Some fonts do not get downloaded and it causes it
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                      #11
                      Yeah, I didn't know how to agree to the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" License Agreement, so I just closed the Terminal session, and then had the Yellow Bulb appear.
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                        Yeah, I didn't know how to agree to the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" License Agreement, so I just closed the Terminal session, and then had the Yellow Bulb appear.
                        I find that this is a bug in Muon. I installed synapic package manager, used it to install the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer", and it got them of the internet without problems. Try that.
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                          #13
                          I do

                          sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

                          from the Konsole command line terminal.

                          When it comes to the EULA I use the TAB key to go to OK and accept it.

                          I do this both for Flash and for the Microsoft core fonts (I no longer can exactly remember which ones prompt me for it).

                          Everything then installs correctly. In the early days, doing this from the package manager didn't work properly. I 've gotten so accustomed to installing kubuntu-restricted-extras from the command line that I have no idea what happens when doing it from the Muon package manager.
                          Last edited by perspectoff; May 14, 2012, 05:38 PM.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by BlueDaisy View Post
                            I find that this is a bug in Muon. I installed synapic package manager, used it to install the "ttf-mscorefonts-installer", and it got them of the internet without problems. Try that.
                            As Jon (Muon's developer) has explained, Muon isn't the culprit here. Ubuntu changed the way update-notifier tries to recover from a failure or incomplete install. This change is incompatible with Kubuntu because it includes a hard-coded call to the gksudo utility, which we don't have.
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                              #15
                              https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/990316
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