Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

[bkreulen]

I no longer have a working computer thanks to the upgrade scripts of Kubuntu. EVERY TIME I upgrade using these scripts I've had a catastrophic failure: X not starting up, mount points being missed. I know a little about linux, so I can fix it, but any normal user is just going to install windows. I'm about at the point right now.

It started when I clicked "yes" to upgrade to 9.10. It started downloading and installing when, boom, X dies and I'm dropped to a command login, right in the middle of the install. Checking the processes confirms that install has died (no dpkg or anything else running).

I then reboot, hoping for the best. After reboot I get an error about "waiting for disks" and then I'm dumped to a restore command prompt as root. After playing around with /etc/fstab and remounting root, everything seems okay. Root mounts fine, and my files are all there. I've changed the UUIDs to real /dev/XXXX links, but whenever I reboot, I get the same "waiting" thing.

I don't know what else to do. This has happened with EVERY upgrade since 6.XX. It has ALWAYS gone wrong. I upgraded my mother's computer once and got the SAME catastrophic failure. Her kubuntu is now 4 years old but I WON'T TOUCH IT, because IT WILL BREAK if I do.

The upgrade scripts with Kubuntu are horrible. When upgrading, why does it pause for every modified script, causing me to constantly watch the computer to see if it wants anything? Why can't it summarize it all at the end and let me decide then? Why is upgrading so broken with Kubuntu??

[vinnywright]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

Why is upgrading so broken with Kubuntu?Huh?

I dont know !!

I'v done it to 3 diferent boxes and it worked flawlessley all 3 times........now the 9.04 systems were prity stock so IE:no speshall vid drivers....upstreem Kernel's or self compiled packages.

but plenty of apps and codecs from the standerd repos.

VINNY

[Guest]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

I came to Kubuntu after trying to upgrade Ubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10. It was the worst experience I've had with Ubuntu. I tried for 3 days to get things working, but failed at every attempt. I didn't even consider putting Windows back on. I love Ubuntu, even though I had that bad experience. I just installed Kubuntu 9.10 last night, so I'm not very familiar with it. It's going to take some getting used to after 2 years of Ubuntu.

[Telengard]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

Well, upgrading Windows wasn't always simple either. Frankly, every time I wanted to upgrade to the newest version of Windows I just reformatted and installed from scratch. Windows works best when reinstalled from scratch every couple of months anyway.

I have carried that habit over into Kubuntu. I never upgrade to the latest version, but always reformat and install from scratch instead. I know it isn't supposed to be necessary to do so with Linux. But after reading so many horror stories such as this one, I'm disinclined from ever trusting the upgrade option.

My advice: Never upgrade when the new version is offered. Always install from scratch. In fact, it is even better if you wait a few weeks after release for the bugs to be worked out.

[Ole Juul]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

The upgrade here (this hour) from 9.04 to 9.10 went OK. The problem is that the "upgrade" is more like a "migration" because it actually un-installs a number of programs. Funny they don't keep all the old programs in the repositories, or let you keep what you already have. Anyway, the price was right.

[Bolly]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

My first Kubuntu upgrade from 6.10 to 7.04 failed badly, so since then I've done a clean install of each new release. However, I was drunk when 9.10 became available and against my better judgement tried the upgrade- worked fine for me

[jglen490]

Re: Upgrade from 9.04 a disaster

I wasn't drunk, but I too did an upgrade from 9.04. First time on that, usually do a clean install. It worked so perfect I had to make sure I wasn't sleeping. Pinching is painful whether asleep or awake, but the 9.04 -> 9.10 was incredibly painless.

AND FAST