upgrade to 9.04 from 8.10+KDE4.2

[Chopstick]

Hi,
I considering upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04. The thing I'm a bit worried about is that I'm already running KDE4.2 ... this was a beta version that I installed some two month ago, I think... (and totally broke my desktop in the process...). It's not from the intrepid repositories. I'm wondering if an upgrade to jaunty is going to break something again...
Also I don't want to loose my current desktop configurations (widgets etc.)...
If I make a backup of .kde4.2 it should save my configuration, right? But in case I have to use my backup, is overwriting the new .kde4.2-folder not going to cause problems?
I'm running kubuntu (64 bit, btw.) on a Thinkpad-laptop (T60p), are there any known issues, e.g. with the ATI graphics card (that are specific to jaunty)?
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks!

[windows2003]

Re: upgrade to 9.04 from 8.10+KDE4.2

Hi,

I did this morning the upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04.

Everything works fine. Be sure you do the upgrade from a wired connection...

If you should have troubles with broken packages type after reboot:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Annyway there is nice information at the website from Kubuntu with screenshots! You need just to follow them.


The only thing for this moment I was verry disappointed was the "New Amarok", this is really a pain in the*ss...

See mine post from how you can replace the new Amarok to the older amarok if you also don't like the new one!

I don't have not troubles at moment after the update

Greetz & succes

[Chopstick]

Re: upgrade to 9.04 from 8.10+KDE4.2

Thanks for your opinion. Apparently you had more luck than me...

I upgraded after a kernel-problem with 8.10 made my system effectively unusable. The Kernel-problem was solved, but I'm quite disappointed for the following reasons:

I have an older ATI graphics card, which is no longer supported. The new X-server requires new drivers, which are no longer provided by ATI so I have to resort to the open-source driver (which effectively means no desktop effects...)
The thing that annoyed me most is that there is apparently no warning or anything: apt-get simply installed the new ATI driver, without checking whether my card is supported at all...

Also, the new network manager is apparently broken: WPA2 encryption does not work. But this can be circumvented by installing the WICD network manager, which works fine. (just 'apt-get install wicd' will remove the broken network manager and install wicd)

If I had the choice (and no Kernel-problem), I'd go back to 8.10.

But I'm OK with the new amarok... although apparently it does not have an equalizer, which may be a problem if you combine bad recordings with bad speakers...