Updgrading Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper to 6.10 Edgy

[scotbuff]

I used the command line method and entered the following commands.  Please note, there have been a lot of folks that are having problems after the upgrade to Edgy.  I experienced an xserver issue.  I will include what I did to fix the problem, as my newly upgraded Ubuntu machine only loaded to the command line until I resolved the xserver issue.

Remove any line referencing CD-ROM in your /etc/apt/sources.list

Then change every occurrence of dapper to edgy, use the following command.

sudo sed -e 's/\sdapper/ edgy/g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

Now you need to update the source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Upgrade using the following command

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Double check your process was finished properly using the following commands

sudo apt-get -f install

sudo dpkg -–configure -a

Finally reboot your machine.  As I said above, my machine booted to the login prompt with an error on the xserver.  I tried rebooting again and also starting the xserver, sudo startx, but none of this worked.  I then issued the command to reinstall the desktop. 
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

I rebooted and the login window appeared, I had to choose Gnome and check the box to use Gnome as my default desktop.  But my issues with xserver were solved. 

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scotbuff@dungeonrat:~/websites/buffhits$ sudo lsb_release -a

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 6.10
Release:        6.10
Codename:       edgy


[Shane]

interesting note:

   
* Validate updates and upgrade.

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sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
(Note the use of aptitude rather than apt-get. Please use aptitude as it handles dependencies better and is more likely to succeed in upgrading your system.)