Difference between revisions of "Ubuntu"
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− | + | == How to install Ubuntu === |
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* Use the default DVI/VGA port to run the installation |
* Use the default DVI/VGA port to run the installation |
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− | ISSUE: Corrupted install screen |
+ | '''ISSUE:''' Corrupted install screen |
* If a nVidia video card is already in place, you can also add "nomodeset" to the boot loader. |
* If a nVidia video card is already in place, you can also add "nomodeset" to the boot loader. |
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− | ISSUE: Grub is unable to boot the recently installed system |
+ | '''ISSUE:''' Grub is unable to boot the recently installed system |
* Boot in "Try Ubuntu" mode with the install disk |
* Boot in "Try Ubuntu" mode with the install disk |
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* Mount the filesystem where Ubuntu is installed |
* Mount the filesystem where Ubuntu is installed |
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* Install grub2 |
* Install grub2 |
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− | ISSUE: Screen is freezing on dual-screen setup with nVidia video card |
+ | '''ISSUE:''' Screen is freezing on dual-screen setup with nVidia video card |
* Install nVidia drivers from repository |
* Install nVidia drivers from repository |
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− | + | :* Precise 12.10 to Quantal 13.10 |
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− | + | # apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa |
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− | + | :* Lucid 10.04 to Precise 12.04 |
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− | + | # apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates |
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* Update the repos |
* Update the repos |
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− | + | # apt-get update |
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* Install nvidia drivers |
* Install nvidia drivers |
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− | + | # apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings |
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− | + | == How to upgrade Ubuntu == |
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* Install the update manager |
* Install the update manager |
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# apt-get install update-manager-core |
# apt-get install update-manager-core |
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Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default |
Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default |
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− | + | :* If running with non-graphical interface, ie. server mode, then remove consolekit to avoid the following "annoying" warnings being displayed on the terminal |
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GLib-CRITICAL: Source ID 123 was not found when attempting to remove it |
GLib-CRITICAL: Source ID 123 was not found when attempting to remove it |
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− | + | :* If syslog-ng's configuration file is preserved instead to use the distro configuration, then update the format of the configuration file. Warning/Errors are dropped in the terminal when syslog-ng is restarted. |
Revision as of 01:28, 6 June 2015
How to install Ubuntu =
- Use the default DVI/VGA port to run the installation
ISSUE: Corrupted install screen
- If a nVidia video card is already in place, you can also add "nomodeset" to the boot loader.
ISSUE: Grub is unable to boot the recently installed system
- Boot in "Try Ubuntu" mode with the install disk
- Mount the filesystem where Ubuntu is installed
- Install grub2
ISSUE: Screen is freezing on dual-screen setup with nVidia video card
- Install nVidia drivers from repository
- Precise 12.10 to Quantal 13.10
# apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
- Lucid 10.04 to Precise 12.04
# apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
- Update the repos
# apt-get update
- Install nvidia drivers
# apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
How to upgrade Ubuntu
- Install the update manager
# apt-get install update-manager-core
- Do the ubuntu ritual
# apt-get update # apt-get upgrade # apt-get autoremove
- Start the upgrade process
# do-release-upgrade
- Fixes on Ubuntu 14.04
- All Apache configuration files, including sites, must end with ".conf"
- Apache 2.4 sets the lock file with a different statement
DEPRECATED (Ubuntu 12/ Apache 2.2): LockFile ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/accept.lock NEW Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default
- If running with non-graphical interface, ie. server mode, then remove consolekit to avoid the following "annoying" warnings being displayed on the terminal
GLib-CRITICAL: Source ID 123 was not found when attempting to remove it
- If syslog-ng's configuration file is preserved instead to use the distro configuration, then update the format of the configuration file. Warning/Errors are dropped in the terminal when syslog-ng is restarted.