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    Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

    I have Breezy on my machine and would like to install Edgy or Dapper. How do I do it to save my configurations, especially for my sound card (Audigy) and display (1280x1024)?

    Thanks.
    'I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.' Mark Twain

    #2
    Re: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

    Do you mean upgrade ?
    (from breezy to dapper or edgy)


    Upgrade:

    Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change all breezy -> dapper (or edgy). Press alt+f2: kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list. NOTE backup sources.list first !

    In the konsole/terminal:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
    Code:
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    And probably
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
    more:
    Topic: KDE issues after upgrade
    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=6006.0

    This probably works also in the breezy -> edgy
    Upgrading from 6.06 LTS
    http://kubuntu.org/announcements/6.10-release.php


    Before you edit, BACKUP !

    Why there are dead links ?
    1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
    2. Thread: Lost Information

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      #3
      Re: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

      DO NOT, I repeat N*O*T try to upgrade straight from Breezy to Edgy without upgrading to Dapper in between. If you don't want to bother with Dapper, (which some people like better than Edgy), then store all of your personal "stuff", including your /home/joneall/.* <-- note the dot directories and probably your /etc/ directory tree as well. Then install Edgy from scratch, and reinstall all your configurations and your personal files.

      The only problem with this method is that some of the configuration files have changed between Breezy and Edgy, but that will seem minor compared to what may happen if you try to upgrade straight from Breezy to Edgy. Then again, it may work for you, but don't do it without at least backing up all your personal files.

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        #4
        Re: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

        Thanks for all your suggestions. I finally just did a new install.
        'I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.' Mark Twain

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          #5
          Re: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

          askrieger:
          DO NOT, I repeat N*O*T try to upgrade straight from Breezy to Edgy without upgrading to Dapper in between.
          Hmm - How about from Dapper to Feisty ? Same thing
          Before you edit, BACKUP !

          Why there are dead links ?
          1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
          2. Thread: Lost Information

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            #6
            Re: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs

            I haven't tried it, but I would think that the problems going from Dapper to Feisty would be the similar to going from Breezy to Edgy,

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