Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop - Revision history

Marc Saric at 16:00, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T16:00:45Z

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			= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS =

	= Upgrade procedure =		= Upgrade procedure =

Marc Saric: /* Installing a XBox360 controller kernel driver */

2016-12-23T11:46:54Z

Installing a XBox360 controller kernel driver

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	This did not resolve the problems completely, probably some kind of initialization issue during boot time.		This did not resolve the problems completely, probably some kind of initialization issue during boot time. The controller keeps blinking (instead of switching the green LED on top to one of the four positions). Unplugging and replugging the controller solves this, but it is annoying.

	== powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot ==		== powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot ==

Marc Saric: /* powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot */

2016-12-23T11:45:54Z

powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot

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	Done. WTF?		Done. WTF?

			== ttf-mscorefonts-installer can't download fonts ==

			The ttf-mscorefonts-installer package produced a failure message, stating, that <pre>https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found</pre>, which is a problem with the SourceForge page hosting the archive. See
			https://askubuntu.com/questions/852302/failure-to-download-extra-data-files-ttf-mscorefonts-installer for a solution (basically, downstream and install the upstream 3.6 package).

	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

Marc Saric: /* Upgrade procedure */

2016-12-22T22:59:51Z

Upgrade procedure

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	The default theme (adwaita) was broken after the upgrade, leading to unpleasant transient issues with the desktop.		The default theme (adwaita) was broken after the upgrade, leading to unpleasant transient issues with the desktop.

	Apart from some glitches with the mouse and a manual upgrade to Mate 1.14, everything seemed to work more or less.		Apart from some glitches with the mouse apparently caused by powerd.service and a manual upgrade to Mate 1.14, everything seemed to work more or less.

	== Installing a XBox360 controller kernel driver ==		== Installing a XBox360 controller kernel driver ==

Marc Saric: /* powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot */

2016-12-22T22:58:33Z

powerd.service takes ages until failure on boot

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	<pre>		<pre>
	sudo systemctl disable powerd.service		sudo systemctl disable powerd.service
	sudo systemctl stop powerd.service		sudo systemctl stop powerd.service
	sudo apt-get remove powerd		sudo apt-get remove powerd

Marc Saric: /* Summary */

2016-12-22T22:58:16Z

Summary

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 sudo apt-get install steamos-xpad-dkms
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 == Summary ==

Marc Saric: /* Upgrade procedure */

2016-12-21T19:37:26Z

Upgrade procedure

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	This did not went completely smooth, the installer complained about a missing package (ubuntu-desktop could not be configured due to missing dependencies).		This did not went completely smooth, the installer complained about a missing package (ubuntu-desktop could not be configured due to missing dependencies).

	This had to be sorted out semi-manually with <pre>sudo apt-get -f install</pre>		This had to be sorted out semi-manually with <pre>sudo apt-get -f install</pre>.

			The default theme (adwaita) was broken after the upgrade, leading to unpleasant transient issues with the desktop.

			Apart from some glitches with the mouse and a manual upgrade to Mate 1.14, everything seemed to work more or less.

			== Installing a XBox360 controller kernel driver ==

			Surprisingly, one new USB-device did not work out of the box and the kernel-driver needed patching.

			See https://askubuntu.com/questions/695069/xbox-controller-blinking Option 1 for the solution, which worked for me:

			<pre>
			sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mdeslaur/steamos/
			sudo apt-get install steamos-xpad-dkms
			</pre>

			== Summary ==

			Not perfect, but overall, it appears to work.

			Some fine tuning is needed to get minor issues resolved.

			More to come...

Marc Saric: Created page with "= Upgrade procedure = After the graphical updater downloaded a ton of packages (around 3.5 GB in total) it started upgrading the system in place. This did not went completel..."

2016-12-21T19:33:17Z

Created page with "= Upgrade procedure = After the graphical updater downloaded a ton of packages (around 3.5 GB in total) it started upgrading the system in place. This did not went completel..."

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= Upgrade procedure =

After the graphical updater downloaded a ton of packages (around 3.5 GB in total) it started upgrading the system in place.

This did not went completely smooth, the installer complained about a missing package (ubuntu-desktop could not be configured due to missing dependencies).

This had to be sorted out semi-manually with <pre>sudo apt-get -f install</pre>