tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post4696836918479134880..comments2024-03-27T21:48:13.424-07:00Comments on Linux Grandma: Installing Lucid beta -- Adventure Story or Buddy Movie?Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-19664285592399892342010-11-10T03:13:40.989-08:002010-11-10T03:13:40.989-08:00Note to self, courtesy of jussi:
Next time, try &...Note to self, courtesy of jussi:<br /><br />Next time, try "apt-get install -f" and "dpkg --configure -a" before panicking. :-)<br /><br />Thanks!Valoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-26153953568644714272010-04-04T06:44:10.811-07:002010-04-04T06:44:10.811-07:00Welcome to linux and get used to shit like that.
...Welcome to linux and get used to shit like that.<br /><br />For me and many others, knetworkmanager doesn't connect to wireless (WPA2) for about 2 kubuntu releases now; the bug is not assigned to anyone and it's medium importance. I switched back to gnome since not even the gnome network managed didn't worked inside kde. Fuck it for now. Oh well... Each with it's own.Dread Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142529873301282454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-4564559452885601702010-04-04T04:57:17.134-07:002010-04-04T04:57:17.134-07:00I sympathize with your problem, and I had similar ...I sympathize with your problem, and I had similar adventures in the past. <br />What I can advice people about upgrading is to use:<br />"aptitude upgrade" <br />for upgrade purposes. In my opinion it handles dependencies better than "apt-get upgrade".Mirza Dervisevichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559367805161875844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-33675342097536629732010-04-04T03:42:41.040-07:002010-04-04T03:42:41.040-07:00hmm, sounds like quite a trying night. In the even...hmm, sounds like quite a trying night. In the event that you might find them useful, here are some tips that I swear by, and might have helped you avoid problems (or at least get them fixed quicker):<br /><br />- When partitioning, always assign labels to your partitions. That way you know what they are without having to mount-unmount-repeat.<br /><br />- Use and get comfortable with the alternate installer. While the LiveCD is nice for its simplicity and friendliness to beginners, the overhead of a GUI toolkit (as well as X) will always increase the likelihood of screw-ups. The possible points of failure in a system increase relative to the number of functioning parts in the system.<br /><br />- Don't rely on KPackageKit for large amount of upgrades. It's horribly unstable software. Until something better comes along (Shaman, anyone?) I use it for small updates but mostly rely on command line tools. <br /><br />I wrote myself a small script in Ruby that can use both apt-get and aptitude to perform all the basic package-management tasks I need and works as a "url-shortener" too (ie. "a i " for installing stuff, "a s " for searching package names and descriptions)<br /><br />- The next time you format the entire disk, use LVM. I wouldn't recommend this until you have someone with you in person who's familiar with LVM and can explain how it works. But once you understand it (it's not that hard to understand, but online text-only communications convolute things), it can usually save you time and give you more flexibility with your partitions.<br /><br />- Obviously, back up your "/home" partition! Set up something automated, like rdiff-backup maybe. It has its faults like everything else, but it's better than nothing (even better than manually backing up an entire partition every time). <br /><br />Also, may I suggest that in the future you just paste the irc chat to pastebin or something? Those services usually display the text in a monospaced font, aren't restricted to the small width that your blog has, etc etc. <br /><br />Hope you have better luck next time with your updates/upgrades, and happy beta-testing. <br /><br />~mmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486854101310088009noreply@blogger.com