Comments on: Ubuntu 7.10 Upgrade First Impressions

By: mangesh

mangesh — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:13:58 +0000

nice post thanx !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: suraj

suraj — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:33:35 +0000

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By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:27:28 +0000

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By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:44:30 +0000

Hi Daniel,
It’s possible there are some outstanding updates to 7.04 that you need to apply before being allowed to upgrade to 7.10.

When you go to System > Administrator > Update Manager and click the “Check” box does it list any updates at all? I know it doesn’t list an update to 7.10, just wondered if it lists any updates to your existing 7.04 installation.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:22:04 +0000

I just upgraded yesterday to 7.04 and now I want to upgrade to 7.10, but there is no message or icon in System > Administrator > Update Manager …

I have the cd, but I’m quite afraid to loose all my data when partitioning my hard disc.

any tips? Will the upgrade icon appear later, after some days of use?

Thanks!

By: n/a

n/a — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:09:09 +0000

the kinit is okay it’s just checking to see if u hibernated and such, i started at end of alpha-beta and i didn’t go thru the whole upgrad thing, i just changed sources and upgraded packes one by one – during the alpha until I finally had the Gutsy wholly and I also upgraded from Feisty 7.04 also I was thinking if one keeps a certain version of ubuntu and when in synaptic locks all installed packes once End of life comes, and again changes the sources to the next version and reload and update from there, one would be able to sort of mix and match but keep the ability to have some updates at least without updating fully.. or being able to download newer versions of programs or new ones, etc.. just wondering..

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:52:50 +0000

It’s a shame it is not recognising your 6600GT card properly. I find this area of Ubuntu really frustrating.

I presume you’ve tried rebuilding the xorg.conf file like I mentioned in this article?

Another option, albeit a real pain, is to revert back to a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.04. That way we can figure out if the problem is just specific to gutsy or occurs in earlier versions too.

Not much help I know. But let me know how you get on.

By: bionnaki

bionnaki — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:56:59 +0000

I have done twice fresh installs with gutsy…and still have problems with this card.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:24:47 +0000

bionnaki – I had to do a clean install of Ubuntu in the end before I could use desktop effects.

I backed up any important documents first, and then using the Ubuntu live CD I got the installer to reformat my hard drive and do a clean install.

Only then could I use the desktop effects. There must be something strange about the upgrade whereby it doesn’t detect the Nvidia card properly, but the clean install seems to detect the settings better.

By: bionnaki

bionnaki — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:58:07 +0000

so, I have a 6600GT card as well and I’m having trouble (800×600 resolution etc) – with Gutsy installed. How exactly do you guys get the card to work? Sorry for being redundant – there didnt seem to be a clear method. What exactly should I do to get this card to work (and work with desktop effects)?

Thanks for your help.