Re: upgrading problems

[andremangan]

2008/5/7 Victor Vahe Kevorkian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu
> 8.04.
> After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had
> problem with "gcc-3.3-doc" (which I finally deleted it after searching for
> an hour for solutions).
> Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but
> lost all my "add-ons".


Some former add-ons have been incorporated into FireFox 3.  To get add-ons
click on Tools and the Add-ons and make a selection.

>
> The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which is
> not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN Misrosystems). After 7
> hours of figuring out how to install the "tar.bz2" and "vboxusers"
> rejections, when I finally saw the OS working came the most disappointing
> issue no USB entry, plus I can't connect to my network. VB1.5 was working
> like magic before.
> I need HELP, but please in very simple language with no abbreviations, I
> am 68yo and a candidate for a Heart Transplant.
> VB 1.6.0-OSE is built in Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows XP Professional.


Innotek, the firm that created VirtualBox has been sold to Sun Microsystems.

The -ose version in the Ubuntu repository does not currently have USB
support.  If you need USB support you will have to remove your current -ose
installation as well as the hidden file (.virtualbox) in your Home directory
and then install the Hardy version of VirtualBox, version 1.6.0 which you
can download from the Sun site.  That version does have USB support as well
as the usual network support that you had in the previous version.

Andre
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Re: upgrading problems

[Andy Goh]

Hello Victor,
> Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 
> 8.04.
> After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had 
> problem with "gcc-3.3-doc" (which I finally deleted it after searching 
> for an hour for solutions).
Perhaps some error messages?
> Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but 
> lost all my "add-ons".
This is not the case for me - Firefox 3.0b5 merely informed me about a 
few of my addons will not work with FF3.
> The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which 
> is not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN 
> Misrosystems). After 7 hours of figuring out how to install the 
> "tar.bz2" and "vboxusers" rejections, when I finally saw the OS 
> working came the most disappointing issue no USB entry, plus I can't 
> connect to my network. VB1.5 was working like magic before.
I did some searching on the web, found [1], not sure if you have seen it 
tho.

[1] deals with USB and vboxusers issues, seems like what you need.

I haven't tried anything personally, hope it works for you.

Don't hesitate to ask for more help, if you need them.

References:
[1] 
http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/04/howto-install-virtualbox-in-hardy-heron.html

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Re: upgrading problems

[Gabriel Noronha]

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 08:32 +1000, Victor Vahe Kevorkian wrote:
> Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu
> 8.04.
> After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had
> problem with "gcc-3.3-doc" (which I finally deleted it after searching
> for an hour for solutions).

Probably the best solution in this case. 

> Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but
> lost all my "add-ons". 

I'm not sure this was meant to happen, granted it would be nice if
firefox ported over all the add-ons, but i'm not sure they can yet.
mainly firefox 3 is till beta. and because they made so many changes to
firefox you need to get the latest version of the add-ons anyway. 

So sorry no easy solution you'll have to go download all those add-ons
again. If you can't remember what you install i doubt the upgrade would
of removed firefox 2 so you might find it hidden somewhere. 

> The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which
> is not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN
> Misrosystems). After 7 hours of figuring out how to install the
> "tar.bz2" and "vboxusers" rejections, when I finally saw the OS
> working came the most disappointing issue no USB entry, plus I can't
> connect to my network. VB1.5 was working like magic before.

Can't really help don't use Virtural box. but isn't the installer in the
repos ?  can't you just apt-get virtural box or use synaptic. 

> I need HELP, but please in very simple language with no abbreviations,
> I am 68yo and a candidate for a Heart Transplant.
> VB 1.6.0-OSE is built in Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows XP Professional.
> I appreciate your guidance and I will remain grateful forever. Theses
> are the last upgrades I will attempt to perform on my PC. 



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upgrading problems

[Victor Vahe Kevorkian]

Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04.
After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had problem
with "gcc-3.3-doc" (which I finally deleted it after searching for an hour
for solutions).
Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but lost
all my "add-ons".
The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which is
not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN Misrosystems). After 7
hours of figuring out how to install the "tar.bz2" and "vboxusers"
rejections, when I finally saw the OS working came the most disappointing
issue no USB entry, plus I can't connect to my network. VB1.5 was working
like magic before.
I need HELP, but please in very simple language with no abbreviations, I am
68yo and a candidate for a Heart Transplant.
VB 1.6.0-OSE is built in Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows XP Professional.
I appreciate your guidance and I will remain grateful forever. Theses are
the last upgrades I will attempt to perform on my PC.
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