Comments on: Upgrading Ubuntu from Dapper to Edgy with apt-get http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Geek http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/comment-page-1/#comment-65 The Geek Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:05:21 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/#comment-65 wes, Thanks for the head's up on that. Turns out Wordpress was converting it into a single dash. Very annoying. Geek wes,

Thanks for the head’s up on that. Turns out Wordpress was converting it into a single dash. Very annoying.

Geek

]]> By: wes http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/comment-page-1/#comment-64 wes Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:43:35 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/#comment-64 Please change your "sudo dpkg –configure -a" with the working version "sudo dpkg --configure -a" I'm sure one or two may not realize that this is required and waste many unrecoverable moments of their lives with a doomed command. Please change your “sudo dpkg –configure -a” with the working version “sudo dpkg –configure -a”

I’m sure one or two may not realize that this is required and waste many unrecoverable moments of their lives with a doomed command.

]]> By: Eduardo de Oliveira Padoan http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Eduardo de Oliveira Padoan Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:18:17 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/#comment-58 Prefer aptitude. And use th e-s flag to simulate the action and see if nothing gets broken before. Prefer aptitude. And use th e-s flag to simulate the action and see if nothing gets broken before.

]]> By: BioGeek http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/comment-page-1/#comment-24 BioGeek Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:10:20 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/#comment-24 Hmm, this broke my installation. I got the errors "failed to load module GLcore" and "could not open default font fixed". Bug hunting via Lynx brougth the <a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1264361" rel="nofollow">solution</a>: <b>apt-get install xfs</b> (which surprisingly did not appear to be already installed!) <b>apt-get install --reinstall xfonts-base</b> after that startx brougth me my GUI back. Hmm, this broke my installation. I got the errors “failed to load module GLcore” and “could not open default font fixed”. Bug hunting via Lynx brougth the solution:

apt-get install xfs (which surprisingly did not appear to be already installed!)
apt-get install –reinstall xfonts-base

after that startx brougth me my GUI back.

]]> By: Foxblood http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Foxblood Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:42:08 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/upgrading-ubuntu-from-dapper-to-edgy-with-apt-get/#comment-18 How can you tell if the upgrade was successful? How can you tell if the upgrade was successful?

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