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If you update a laptop from Ubuntu 22.04.3 to 24.04.1 and the screen is blank with an 'x' cursor after login, do this: (mathstodon.xyz)
submitted 6 days ago by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz to c/firefox@fedia.io
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If you update a laptop from Ubuntu 22.04.3 to 24.04.1 and the screen is blank with an 'x' cursor after login, do this:

  1. control+alt+F1 to go to a tty and login, then:
  2. sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-session

Further, if #thunderbird doesn't launch, remove the snap installation and install de deb package directly from mozilla (he --purge is so that it doesn't generate adn store a ~4 GB copy of the install). First, do:

$ sudo snap remove --purge thunderbird
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
$ sudo apt update

Then paste this below into a file ( /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozillateamppa-thunderbird ) to tell the apt system that you prefer mozilla's over any other package:

Package: thunderbird*
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
Pin-Priority: 1001

... and install:
$ sudo apt install thunderbird

The same can be done for firefox if you'd rather skip the snap package.

#ubuntu #mozilla #thunderbird #firefox #linux

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

or switch to Debian, where release upgrades aren't rolled out until they work, and major programs which lots of people use are still in the repos.

[–] albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@superkret@feddit.org Having installed Debian bookworm in a raspberry pi recently, the stable Debian release isn't without its warts unfortunately.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Pi boots from the GPU using a proprietary firmware blob, so it can't be supported by the Debian core team.
Is there a reason you aren't using Raspberry Pi OS, which is a Debian specifically adapted to the hardware?

[–] albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@superkret@feddit.org Oh I did choose the suggested OS, but lsb_release -a says "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" ...

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Still, RaspberryPI OS isn't maintained by the Debian team.
And the team that does maintain it didn't even bother to edit the release file.

[–] albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

@superkret@feddit.org Yikes.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago

Or switch to any rolling-release distro which won't have major updates to begin with.

[–] albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

That said: Ubuntu 24.04.1 works very well. Feels faster than the prior long-term stable release (22.04.3) in the same laptop; perhaps it's the graphics which seem snappier.

#ubuntu #ubuntu24