Many people have stated issues with upgrading to Edgy Eft, but I hardly had any, at least none that left my system in a critical condition.
For example, when I attempted the initial upgrade, I got many complaints over some of the kernel-images failing the install due to lack of space. What this really meant, is “You need to clear out the old kernel images first, then install this one”. Of course, Edgy Eft’s upgrade didn’t do this automatically, so it took a bit of doing to get it to happen just right and still ensure, if Edgy failed, I had a way to get my system up and running again.
So the first thing I did was copy the /boot/ and /lib/ directories to another hard drive (luckily, I had a spare 160 GB SATA drive sitting around). After that was settled, using “apt-get –purge remove <package_name>” I was able to remove the old kernels successfully and free up over half of my first partion. I am kinda curious on who’s idea it was to stick the /boot/ directory and the /lib/ directories in the same partion on a multi-user workstation setup! Hind-sight is telling me that wasn’t a great idea for a default setup.
Anyways, since the initial upgrade failed, I had to make sure I then ran “apt-get -f install” and “apt-get upgrade” up to 5 times! or until it stopped stating there were more packages to install.However, the fun did not stop there. The most entertaining part was on the reboot. Like everyone else, xserver-xorg never installed! Thus I was without a Windows System (which isn’t a “big” deal, but it is a little less shiny that way). After doing a “apt-get install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-driver-nv xserver-xorg-driver-vga” I finally had a Windows System back.
Now, this had me up and running under Edgy Eft. However, I still have the following problems which are considerably minor:
- The nvidia driver sucks. I use the following for my desktop background:
Now, I do not know if this only applies to TwinView setups using the nvidia driver 1.0-8774, but on the primary monitor only the picture is discolored on the bottom left till about half-way across the monitor. It is primarily the colors in the dark-green tree that is slightly blurry/out-of-focus in the background of the image.Now a way of fixing, which I discovered accidentally, is to start “nvidia-settings” from the console, terminal, Start > Run, whatever. Once it’s GUI starts, the problem is fixed — for that session only. If you logout, reboot, etc. the problem is back rearing its ugly head. - Konqueror/Nautilus do not show the “/” (root) folders. This may be to enhance security or stop novices from harming portions of their system by going into folders they know nothing about. Either way, it’s frustrating for us experienced linux users. Note: This can be corrected by running “sudo rm /.hidden”
- This one has not affected me by any regard, but I have heard a few people using KDE have issues with the GTK+ themes. This might not be affecting me because of a nice setting in KDE that takes control of the GTK+ themes on my system automatically. If you open your System Settings, and click on Appearance, then choose “GTK Styles and Fonts”. I have the GTK Styles section set as “Use my KDE style in GTK applications”. I can’t say this is solving the problem, but I have no complaints on how Firefox or Gaim render in KDE.
Lately, the one thing that is still bothering me, is that all new windows are opening on my second display instead of the primary. This is flat out frustrating, and I can’t find where I am supposed to change this. I would have thought it would have been in “System and Settings > Window Behavior or Monitor & Display”. However, “Window Behavior” doe snot mention anything about this, and “Monitor & Display” will not open for me. (see image on right).
These minor problems are discouraging, as they cause several frustrations with users. Hiding directories and providing System Settings with modules that are unusable are going to cause major problems and should have never been released that way.