LTS Update 12.04.3 has been released

[life0riley]

Kubuntu LTS Update 12.04.3 has been released.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/lts-update-12043-released

[tek_heretik]

Hmm, interesting, thanks for the heads up.

[life0riley]

I opted into the hardware enablement stack for Precise. I used a VirtualBox guest installed from kubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso. The initial install of the guest was pretty vanilla except for the guest additions install. The update went without a hitch, but I did end up reinstalling the guest additions.

I ran the following command.

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-quantal libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-quantal

Here is the link from the kubuntu wiki.

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

I haven't attempted this on my host. I'm satisfied with my host installation, and I'm not in the mood to spend time indoors this weekend fixing things if it doesn't go well.
As always, make sure you backup just in case things don't go as expected.

[jglen490]

Yep!

john@john-Dimension-3000:/etc$ sudo lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
john@john-Dimension-3000:/etc$ uname -a
Linux john-Dimension-3000 3.2.0-52-generic-pae #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:43:19 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
john@john-Dimension-3000:/etc$

It's been out for a while, and no problems. Like always, smooth as butter.

[tek_heretik]

I'll tell you one thing it did do, the old/pretty boot screen with the blinking dots (the one before the KDE loading screen) is back to ancient times resolution.

[Buddlespit]

I'll tell you one thing it did do, the old/pretty boot screen with the blinking dots (the one before the KDE loading screen) is back to ancient times resolution.

Copy and Pasted from http://askubuntu.com/questions/6033/enabling-nvidia-driver-messes-up-splash-screen/304698#304698

First install hwinfo by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install v86d hwinfo

After the installation run the following command and note down the highest resolution:

sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

For me this was Mode 0x0361: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits, next edit the following file:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

This will open the GRUB config file, we now look for GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and change it with the following, change your resolution with mine and also add the color depth (for me 24 could be 16 or 32).

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x800-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

Then find the following line (uncomment if needed) and change your resolution again, note that you don't include the color depth:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x800

Save and exit, next edit the following file:

sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

Scroll to the end of the file and add the following line, again add your resolution and the colordepth like you did before:

uvesafb mode_option=1280x800-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

Then in the terminal type the following commands and then reboot:

echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
sudo update-grub
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot

[tek_heretik]

Thanks Buddle, am rebooting now, see what happens.

Edit 1: Dang, I either did something wrong or used an unsupported rez. Attempt #2...

Edit 2: Ha! Your instructions worked, I tried your info source page instructions first, oops. 1440x900 works for me, it looks like it did before the update, my native desktop rez is 1920x1080, thanks a bunch Buddle.

Edit 3: The only thing I did different is sudo kate... (instead of nano), I just find it easier. For schizz n giggles, I am going to try 1920x1080, see what happens, if it doesn't work, back to 1440x900.

Edit 4: Well that's weird, 1920x1080 looks the same as 1440x900, oh well.

Edit 5: I put it back to 1440x900 just to be on the safe side, I don't believe in messing with what works, was worth a try.

[Buddlespit]

I'm glad it works for you (I think). Just as a "for-what-it's-worth", I don't use grub anymore, but that was what I used to fix my boot graphics when I did use grub.

[tek_heretik]

I'm glad it works for you (I think). Just as a "for-what-it's-worth", I don't use grub anymore, but that was what I used to fix my boot graphics when I did use grub.

I did work, it doesn't look like poop anymore, lol, 1440x900 is better than umm, 640x480?

[jglen490]

Well, if it works it's O.K.

Not worth the effort here for something that doesn't have a lot of meaning to my actual computing experience.

Glad it worked, though )

[Buddlespit]

Not worth the effort here for something that doesn't have a lot of meaning to my actual computing experience.

It's all about the aesthetics...

[vinnywright]

just 2 cents on an somewhat unrelated thing ,,,,,,,@tek_heretik you should never launch a GUI app with sudo you can realy mess up your /home/you permissions the way to do that is

kdesudo kate /ext/default/grub

you doged a bullet

VINNY

[tek_heretik]

just 2 cents on an somewhat unrelated thing ,,,,,,,@tek_heretik you should never launch a GUI app with sudo you can realy mess up your /home/you permissions the way to do that is

kdesudo kate /ext/default/grub

you doged a bullet

VINNY

Ah, that's what makes that "no such directory" when the computer boots, dang, I was wondering where that came from, lol. Thanks for the advice.