Ubuntu upgrade / reinstall notes
(Redirected from Ubuntu 16.10 "Xenial Xerus" upgrade)
UPGRADE
setup_linux.sh # it cascades into ubuntu for ya
18.04
Watch out, its default nvidia drivers are buggy and crashy.
I removed all nvidia drivers, booted into GNOME (the 18.04 default), told ubuntu to use nouveau on the "additional drivers" page, and removed /etc/X11/xorg.conf, before i3 would start up again.
SET UP A NEW PARTITION INSTALLATION
On occasion, I've had to set up a new partition from an existing partition on same machine. Ideally avoided but I've had to do a new install often on laptop, as OS X upgrades have been trashing bootability of my linux partitions and I haven't had time/skill to figure out why.
- create the new partition
- do the one-line ubuntu software installation (as well as the dev one-line)
- do the mac-specific installs too - you'll need to mount /osx so you can get to isight firmware
- copy entire home folder using: sudo rsync -aPside
- install i3-gaps again (see above)
- fix the trackpad settings again by putting this symlink in place: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf
- sudo unity-control-center, Software & Updates, Additional drivers, NVIDIA binary driver, reboot right away
- keyboard, enable function keys (instead of media keys)