Comments on: Upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Beta

By: Thiago

Thiago — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:42:50 +0000

Hi thornton!
Im having the same trouble!
Let me know if you find out something!

By: thornton

thornton — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:45:21 +0000

trying to upgrade 8.04 to 8.10. In update manager I do not have the ‘new distribution 8.10 available. ‘upgrade” I opened software sources and changed to normal releases. but still i do not have the 8.10 upgrade option in update manager.

Can anyone help out?

By: SteveH

SteveH — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:12:30 +0000

I just finished typing a note saying how much I appreciate a good post like this one, with good explanations and clear context for the commands to be typed, BUT the website replied with “required information not provided” and wiped out my positive comment. Thanks for a great post. No thanks for wiping it out before I could post it.

By: vb ekka

vb ekka — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:55:20 +0000

Server Authorization directory (daemon/ServAuthDir) is set to /var/lib/gdm but is not owned by user 105 and group 113. Please correct the ownership or GDM configuration and restart GDM.

found out the solution by following the link post - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368168, by removing the splash thingy wherever it occurred, now my splash screen is stripped - curtain is removed - otherwise i get login screen ok - but i’m dead scared to do change of ownership commandlines as i dread blue screen of halt. but i’ll try that and enable splash but before that any expert ideas?

By: Louis Larouche

Louis Larouche — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:24:39 +0000

How long?
It would depend on your system speed, (how old/new it is) and you internet speed……..
Because when I upgraded mine from 8.04 to 8.10 it downloaded more than 400 MB of packages….. if I recall properly….. My download top out around 700 kb/s…..
It’s almost the same thing…..

By: Linuxflame

Linuxflame — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:33:41 +0000

Hi
I would like to up-grade my ubuntu 804 to 810, approximately how long could the whole process take? Not as long as downloading the 810 iso?

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:14:51 +0000

ctrl-alt-f2 brings you to a shell. The correct keypress is alt-f2. No Dave Tap was right for that user’s problem, for the record, but either way, you are right about getting back if you use that command.

By: Gerar

Gerar — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:48:16 +0000

ctrl-alt-f2 brings you to a shell. The correct keypress is alt-f2.
If you accidentally press ctrl-alt-f2 you need to press ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to your xwindows desktop

By: Dave Tap

Dave Tap — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:46:04 +0000

C.P. try ctl-alt-f2 and see if it gives you a command prompt… if so try startx and see what the response is… with luck your desktop will appear… if not it may show errors to correct

By: C.P.vasudevan

C.P.vasudevan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:15:40 +0000

I upgraded to the beta version as per the instructions. It seemed to be working fine a couple of days. But when I turned on the ubuntu this morning it took my name,password after which it is blank screen. What should I do?

By: Reliq

Reliq — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:35:00 +0000

@Richard

The new theme is in there, its called Ubuntu-New, its all dark like. Rather nice I think.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:13:25 +0000

Yep, a new theme was promised. Actually already the Hardy release was going to get a new theme, but it was postponed to Intrepid. Is it still not finished?

Anyway, I’m one of those people who happen to like the old theme very much too (except for the default wallpapers that tend to look a bit too brown and dull). Orange and beige look warmer and friendlier to me than gray and blue, the latter combination makes me only depressed.

By: Peter Watts

Peter Watts — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:45:07 +0000

It only upgraded 4 packages then didn’t install correctly. Is there anything I need to do differently for xubuntu.

By: KenBW2

KenBW2 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:26:26 +0000

@thebiggdogg

Bird? Wasn’t that hardy? And that’s a wallpaper, not a theme

By: admin

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:33:46 +0000

@Peter

The same procedure will work for xubuntu

By: Peter Watts

Peter Watts — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:30:55 +0000

Will this work for xubuntu as well.

By: ThaBiGGDoGG

ThaBiGGDoGG — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:01:17 +0000

It did get a new theme. It’s that ugly bird background now.

By: KenBW2

KenBW2 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:41:30 +0000

I thought Intrepid was getting a new theme?

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:26:04 +0000

You say that you should back up your data, and of course it’s a good idea, but my system is running Ubuntu’s software RAID that I set up during the install of Hardy. Do you happen to know how this upgrade will treat those drives/that data?

Thanks! - Alex

By: Louis Larouche

Louis Larouche — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:08:36 +0000

This release rocks! My aging compaq Presario X1000 laptop wasn’t doing well with Hardy 8.04…
My ATI mobility 9200 with 32 MB or ram wasn’t supported well, I had to fiddle around to get 3d back, couldn’t really get compiz-fusion to work either. Same thing for the wireless card management with WPA password protected routers in one location and switching to something else at work…. often requiring retyping everything in the network setup boxes…..
It made me regret upgrading from Gutsy…..
Now with Intrepid, those problems are gone….. I have full video card support back. 2d-3d accelaration on my system. Even VGA out to a external monitor/projector works well. Compiz is humming along with all effects working. Wireless management works. My intel pentium M 1.6 Ghz with 512 MB of ram is actually feeling faster on Ibex than on Hardy!!!!!
Great work by all the dev. team members out there…
Thank you very much all….