Ubuntu
From Bashlinux
How to install Ubuntu
- Use the default DVI/VGA port to run the installation.
- Once the installation is done, install any proprietary driver for the video card, if necessary.
Troubleshooting installation issues
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
Troubleshooting upgrade issues
- 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.