Hi Richard, I did copy everything important before upgrading, I've alredy learnt that lesson :).
I will be installing 14.04, as I said, the 17th with the official release. Regards! 2014-04-09 20:46 GMT+02:00 Richard Elkins <richard.elk...@gmail.com>: > Alejandro, > > If this is your work/production machine, I would advise you NOT to perform > upgrade *testing* on the actual hardware. You can install a VirtualBox > "machine" to simulate this effectively. Yes, wait until the release is > final and please take care to first backup data to off-line media (E.g. USB > drive). Always, periodically, backup data to off-line devices. Sorry if I > sound like a "mother hen". > > I personally use actual bare machines that I have because they are > spare/available and wiping them out does not bother me. Also, there is > value in performing upgrade testing on a bare machine as opposed to a VM > (slightly different test sub-cases). > > Good luck, > > Richard > > > > On 04/09/2014 01:37 PM, Alejandro Méndez A. wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > I used the `update-manager -d' method. > > My hardware is a Samsung laptop i7, Ati graphics, 1TB HDD. > > I did it in this machine, is not a vbox image. > > There has to be something with the software I had installed or runnig. I > closed everything but maybe somthing was running in the background. > > I will wait for 14.04 to officially come out and do a clean install > since I can't mess up this computer because this is the machine I use to > work. > > If there is something I can give you from my case to help, just ask. > > Thanks anyway. > > > > > 2014-04-09 18:59 GMT+02:00 Richard Elkins <richard.elk...@gmail.com>: > >> Alejandro, >> >> How did you upgrade: `update-manager -d` or booting an ISO image and >> select the upgrade option? Please specify which method. >> What hardware are you using? >> Were you testing against actual hardware or in a virtual box? >> >> Outline for upgrade using update-manager against 13.10: >> 1 - Do a ground-up install of 13.10 from CD or thumb-drive to the HDD/SSD >> or use a virtual box item (less disruptive). >> 2 - Bring 13.10 installation up-to-date. >> 3 - In a terminal window, start `update-manager -d`. >> 4 - After a long update-manager run, did it work or did you see failure? >> If failure, report it against update-manager. >> >> Outline for upgrade using 14.04 ISO image against 13.10: >> 1 - Do a ground-up install of 13.10 from CD or thumb-drive to the HDD/SSD >> or use a virtual box item (less disruptive). >> 2 - Bring 13.10 installation up-to-date. >> 3 - Boot the 14.04 ISO image and perform an upgrade of the existing 13.10 >> installation. >> 4 - When complete, did it work or did you see failure? If failure, >> report it against ubiquity. >> >> The 2 outlines for upgrading 12.04.xx are essentially the same. >> >> I did both methods (update-manager and ubiquity/ISO) and had no issues >> with starting with 12.04.xx or 13.10. >> >> Richard >> >> >> On 04/09/2014 09:29 AM, Alejandro Méndez A. wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've tried to update from 13.10 to contribute but I haven't had Tiago's >> luck. I've had some errors regarding gnumeric, xscreensaver, libc6. >> >> Then another error said Could not install the upgrades >> >> The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A >> recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a) >> >> I press closed and immediately another message said that the update was >> complete but there were errors. I restarted and the lock screen have >> changed to the 14.04 one, then I got an error to report. >> >> Now the machine works but the Xubuntu menu is the same as 13.10 and so >> far I haven't found any other problem. >> >> How could I finish the upgrade. It didn't finish it completed three >> quarters only. >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> 2014-04-09 16:20 GMT+02:00 Elfy <ub.u...@btinternet.com>: >> >>> On 09/04/14 14:55, Tiago Ribeiro wrote: >>> >>> You welcome, Bruno. I just want to help :) >>> >>> And yes. I did the proper report in the path you gave me and with the >>> machine specs. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tiago Ribeiro >>> >>> Thank you :) >>> >>> >>> Elfy >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu Forum Council Member >>> Xubuntu QA Lead >>> >>> >>> -- >>> xubuntu-devel mailing list >>> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> ア レッカス >> >> >> >> >> -- >> xubuntu-devel mailing list >> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >> >> > > > -- > > > ア レッカス > > > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- アレッカス
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