[PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade

[Michael Barnes]

Installed 16.04 LTS via flash drive to new hard drive. Only took a few
minutes! Previous DVD installs took much, much longer. Anyhow, so far, no
network. Sadly, my Linux memory has become very foggy, so please forgive
the noobie type questions. I don't seem to be finding eth0. Using lspci, I
find the info for the onboard Broadcom Ethernet adapter, but under
'Capabilities' it says "<access denied>. Running ifconfig does not show
eth0, but it does show enp3s0. If I try "sudo ifup eth0" I get "Unknown
interface eth0."

I'm kind of surprised at the minimum of questions and the speed of the
install. I wonder what else will not be working?

Thanks for your comments,

Michael


On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I figured the quickest and easiest was probably to start all over. It
> looks like all my files, pictures, documents, etc. are still intact. I'll
> just stick in a new hard drive, install 16.04 LTS from scratch, then copy
> what I need from the old drive to the new one. Thanks for everyone's
> comments.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> instead of comparing xorg files, I'd want to get it to try to
>> automagically
>> configure stuff fresh, maybe with a *sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg* and a
>> *sudo
>> apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade*
>> Maybe try dpkg-reconfiguring your window manager (unity?)
>> -- did it disable the universe or multiverse for the upgrade and do you
>> need to reenable it?
>> Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
>>
>> Did you do the upgrade to 16.04 by manually editing the sources, or did
>> you
>> use the tool in the Software Center, or did you do-release-upgrade from
>> the
>> command line?
>>
>> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Yeah, I got to thinking after I started I shouldn't have done that.
>> > Everything has been packed away for almost a year. It seems I've
>> forgotten
>> > more than I remember. A new hard drive is probably in order. I'll have
>> to
>> > compare Xorg files and look at drivers loaded between the two versions.
>> > Just have to remember how to do all that.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Edward Koenig <kingbeowulf at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Michael
>> > > If the new version boots and you can ssh to log in, then most likely
>> > > either X.org or a GPU driver did not update fully or correctly. This
>> is
>> > > very typical for proprietary nvidia drivers, or any proprietary
>> hardware
>> > > drivers that install a kernel module. You might try using the command
>> > line
>> > > tools to reinstall the GPU and X bits.  I'm not sure it Ubuntu
>> switched
>> > to
>> > > wayland with this release so perhaps check on that.  Remember to read
>> the
>> > > release notes etc before clicking "upgrade"
>> > >
>> > > Nuking from orbit, as Dick suggests after backup, will certainly work.
>> > > Personally run a Linux distribution to avoid such "windowesque" fixes.
>> > >
>> > > Ed
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > On May 12, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> On 05/12/2017 11:24 AM, Michael Barnes wrote:
>> > > >> I rebooted again and at the grub screen chose 14.04LTS. Everything
>> > came
>> > > up
>> > > >> normally. After login, I get a pop-up window that says 14.04 is out
>> > > dated
>> > > >> and no longer supported. Anyhow, display and everything works, so I
>> > > know at
>> > > >> least the hardware is okay. Shutdown and restart, let grub screen
>> > choose
>> > > >> default and back to blank screens. I can ssh in and shutdown from
>> > remote
>> > > >> session. Screens give Ubuntu shutdown splash just before power off.
>> > > >
>> > > > Having been on this list a fairly long time, I've followed the
>> advice
>> > of
>> > > > others who say one should not use the "upgrade" path to move from
>> one
>> > > > Ubuntu release to another, but should start with a fresh install. I
>> > have
>> > > > gone from Ubuntu 10 to 12 to 14, and am slowly moving to 16. Each
>> time
>> > I
>> > > > had the luxury of being able to at least put in a fresh hard drive
>> for
>> > > > the new version, and then mount the old hard drive to be able to
>> copy
>> > > > files as needed. I don't think any of the episodes has been
>> painless,
>> > > > since it seems there's always something big that changes so that it
>> > > > doesn't work the way it did in the previous version, but I have
>> always
>> > > > been able to get past it, often with the help of folks on this list.
>> > > >
>> > > > So, in your case, I'd recommend using Grub to boot to your previous
>> > > > version, find a way to back up all your important files, and
>> install 16
>> > > > from scratch. Better would be to have two machines, but not everyone
>> > has
>> > > > that luxury. I'm happy that I do have that option this time, because
>> > > > there are a handful of things I have yet to be able to figure out
>> how
>> > to
>> > > > do in 16 that I need on at least a weekly basis, if not a daily one.
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Dick Steffens
>> > > >
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