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Re: Wow

 

Couple of issues here:

A) Upgrading from the CD is not a good option unless you have never
installed any extra packages. It only brings core packages up-to-date.

B) You would want to complain to NVIDIA about this, considering they only
offer a binary blob.

Jacob Peddicord
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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Braden Walters <meoblast@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, not to be a total downer, but Ubuntu 9.04 was a crash in burn if
> I've ever seen one. Within less than 24 hours of upgrading I've already
> experienced multiple problems. A) The system wouldn't update properly
> from the CD so my upgrade failed. B) nVidia drivers didn't work without
> modifications. I feel sorry for the Ubuntu noobs trying to figure the
> nVidia mod out. Guess I should have waited a few weeks before upgrading.
>
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