Comments on: The “Ubuntu Upgrade Process” Compared Unfavorably Against “A Pile of Trash” http://frem.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-ubuntu-upgrade-process-compared-unfavorably-against-a-pile-of-trash/ moving forward. in theory. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: James http://frem.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-ubuntu-upgrade-process-compared-unfavorably-against-a-pile-of-trash/#comment-7215 James Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:37:49 +0000 http://frem.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-ubuntu-upgrade-process-compared-unfavorably-against-a-pile-of-trash/#comment-7215 Actually, if you back everything up and install from scratch, it's (almost) all gravy. A clean install is definately worth it, if only for the search and such. <i>Unfortunately</i>, my laptop has some sort of weird IRQ conflict or something that causes my USB ports to randomly die under linux (until reboot) when I use my USB mouse. Using the kernel arguments "noapic irqpoll pci=routeirq" used to fix this, but now they just make my USB mouse freeze every time the disk is accessed. *sigh* Oh, hibernation is also broken. I'm gonna investigate suspend2 when I get a chance. So yeah, sticking what with works probably isn't a bad idea. Actually, if you back everything up and install from scratch, it’s (almost) all gravy. A clean install is definately worth it, if only for the search and such.

Unfortunately, my laptop has some sort of weird IRQ conflict or something that causes my USB ports to randomly die under linux (until reboot) when I use my USB mouse. Using the kernel arguments “noapic irqpoll pci=routeirq” used to fix this, but now they just make my USB mouse freeze every time the disk is accessed. *sigh*

Oh, hibernation is also broken. I’m gonna investigate suspend2 when I get a chance.

So yeah, sticking what with works probably isn’t a bad idea.

]]> By: Elijah Lofgren http://frem.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-ubuntu-upgrade-process-compared-unfavorably-against-a-pile-of-trash/#comment-7213 Elijah Lofgren Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:05:15 +0000 http://frem.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-ubuntu-upgrade-process-compared-unfavorably-against-a-pile-of-trash/#comment-7213 Yikes, I'm so glad I didn't upgrade to Gutsy from Feisty like I almost did yesterday. I think I wait for the next version of Ubuntu. Thanks for the heads up. Yikes, I’m so glad I didn’t upgrade to Gutsy from Feisty like I almost did yesterday. I think I wait for the next version of Ubuntu. Thanks for the heads up.

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