HOWTO : Dapper to Feisty

[Rog131]

a.k.a. What Happens If I ...

Background story

From Topic: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=12039

askrieger:

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.

Rog131:

Hmm - How about from Dapper to Feisty ? Same thing ?

askrieger:

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

So i have to try it :P


Note:
This is tried with Feisty Fawn Herd 3 and as said in the https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FeistyFawn/Herd3/Kubuntu :

This is an alpha (pre-) release. Pre-release version of Feisty are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage.

Hardware
AMD Athlon XP 2500 (Barton)
RADEON 9600 XT
Asus A7N8X-E

IDE Disks
IC35L060AVV207-0 (hda)
Maxtor 4R080L0 (hdb)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4165B (hdc)
Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 9100 (hdd)
SCSI Disks
ATA WDC WD2500JS-00M (sda)
ATA ST380817AS (sdb)


System
Dapper - (K)Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
linux-image-2.6.15-28-k7 and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-k7
KDE 3.5.4
Using fglrx 8.25.18 (I'm lucky one - no problems )


First: copying kubuntu (from sda to hdb)

Example:
Topic: HOWTO: Copy kubuntu system
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=11116.0


Restarting computer with grub floppy.

One example for grub floppy
Topic: HOWTO: Make grub floppy disk
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=11115.0


Changing dapper -> feisty in the /etc/apt/sources.list


Just checking

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -s -u dist-upgrade

APT HOWTO tells:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but
do not actually change the system. Configuration Item:
APT::Get::Simulate.

-u, --show-upgraded
Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that
are to be upgraded. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Show-Upgraded.

Hmm - lot of info - packages to be removed, installed, updated...

To the work:

CTRL + ALT + F1 and shutting kde down:

/etc/init.d/kdm stop

and upgrading

sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade

After upgrade:
New kernel (2.6.20-6-generic) -> update menu.lst in the floppy.

cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /media/floppy0/boot/grub

Startting kde

/etc/init.d/kdm start

Monitor (ViewSonic VX2235wm) said:

Out of Range
H.Frequency 65 kHz
V.Frequency 120 Hz

Hmm - Feisty doesn't like my /etc/X11/xorg.conf ( working in the Dapper )

Back to the text mode and :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

With new xorg.conf monitor works (1680x1050)


Checking:

kde is 3.5.6

:~$ uname -a
Linux Ammu2500L 2.6.20-6-generic #2 SMP Wed Jan 31 20:53:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

:~$ lsb_release -a  
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:  Ubuntu feisty (development branch)
Release:    7.04
Codename:    feisty

:~$ fglrxinfo
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: [url]www.mesa3d.org[/url]
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)

:~$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 no adaptors present

Hmm - Fixing

Removing (with synaptic) old headers and modules:
linux-headers-2.6.15-27, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-27-k7 ...

Installing new
linux-k7
>linux-generic
>linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-6-generic
>linux-restricted-modules-generic

and

sudo depmod -a

Useful info:
Ubuntu Feisty Installation Guide
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

Insertting in the xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

and

Option			"UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option			"VideoOverlay" "on"

After that:

:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 XT Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6234 (8.32.5)

and

:~$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 Adaptor #0: "video4linux"
  number of ports: 1
  port base: 115
  operations supported: PutVideo
  supported visuals:
   depth 24, visualID 0x23
   depth 24, visualID 0x24
...

Testing more:
Kaffeine OK
Amarok OK
Sound OK
DVD/CD OK (ivman is again automounting - have to fix that later)

ivman, or Ikke’s Volume Manager, is a daemon to handle the mounting of
media as they are inserted/attached to the system.

Seems to work. EXCEPT feisty doesn't find sata drives - OOps
In the Feisty:

:~$ sudo fdisk -l

No sata