| Kubuntu 9.04 installed on my linux box. And i need a | | | | errors about certain OpenOffice deb packages |
| break from the same old look. Is there any Snow | | | | missing from the Alternate CD. As these were not |
| Leopard KDE theme on Kubuntu 9.04? I would switch | | | | core to the OS working I continued the upgrade. |
| to gnome for a while if i get snow leopard theme for | | | | There were a number of related errors and |
| gnome desktop environment... ThanksHere is a Snow | | | | eventually I got a "Upgrade Failed" message, asking |
| Leopard theme for Gnome : Download Couldn't find a | | | | me to reboot to recover. |
| KDE theme. IF I find one thread, will post again... Till | | | | Snow Leopard KDE theme on Kubuntu 9.04 |
| then use Gnome | | | | Kubuntu |
| Last November I upgraded my trusty C640 to | | | | However, I noticed the restart icon had appeared in |
| Kubuntu 9.10, only to bottle out post upgrade when I | | | | the plasmoid notification area, so a pretty good |
| realised the on-board ATI Radeon Mobility M7 video | | | | indication that the core OS was sound and any |
| card had a bug causing window display corruption. | | | | problems would be with secondary packages. So |
| With Kubuntu 10.04 due out in a few months and | | | | instead of doing a restart, I opened up Terminal and |
| finding the a solution for last years aborted upgraded, | | | | entered:sudo apt-get updatefollowed bysudo apt-get |
| I decided to try again. | | | | upgradeand was told that I had broken packages, so |
| Problem 1: Refused to Upgrade to 9.10 | | | | ran the followingsudo apt-get -f installthen did an |
| Kubuntu refused to recognise a distribution upgrade | | | | upgrade which installed any missing packages (mainly |
| was available, either graphically or via the command | | | | OpenOffice). |
| line using sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. | | | | As an insurance policy, I re-ran the upgrade process |
| I think this might have been due to a recent bug-fix | | | | again to make sure nothing had been missed. The |
| which corrected the GRUB menu, for some unknown | | | | laptop was then rebooted and Kubuntu 9.10 loaded, |
| reason was showing Kubuntu 8.10 instead of 9.04. | | | | really quickly! |
| Using the Alternative CD I instigated the upgrade by | | | | Problem 3: Broken ATI Graphics |
| entering the following from terminal: | | | | This was a known problem, and I had the fix. The |
| | | | only thing to change was replacing GDM (Gnome |
| Snow Leopard KDE theme on Kubuntu 9.04 | | | | Desktop Manager) with KDM (KDE Desktop Manager) |
| Kubuntu | | | | to adapt it for Kubuntu rather than Ubuntu. |
| I use a wired Ethernet connection when doing | | | | Window corruption with older ATI graphics cards |
| upgrades, I don't trust wireless as it can be unreliable | | | | With older ATI graphics cards with 32MB or less of |
| at times, mainly when you need it. As part of the | | | | video RAM some corruption of direct rendered |
| ISO upgrade, I confirmed that I wanted updates | | | | windows, for example OSD notifier windows, might |
| from the internet. | | | | appear. This may be worked around by disabling |
| Part way through the upgrade I started getting | | | | ‘RenderAccel' in the Xorg configuration. |