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farll007
December 28th, 2010, 11:45 AM
I don't know how it happened, but now I'm not sure what to do. I just upgraded to 10.10, or so I thought, but after 4 hours and it finally said it was done and restarted i checked and found it is now version 11.04. I am completely new to Ubuntu and in no way shape or form a developer. So what should I do, is there a way to fix this or do i have to back up my files and start over?
Fafler
December 28th, 2010, 12:08 PM
Is 11.04 giving you any problems? If it works, there's no reason you shouldn't just keep it.

Downgrading is possible, but not an easy task, so keep 11.04 or backup and re-install.
Rubi1200
December 28th, 2010, 12:23 PM
Hi and welcome to the forums :)

Go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal

Run this command:

cat /etc/*releaseIf it is what I suspect, you have just encountered a known bug that says you are running 11.04 when you are, in fact, not.

Let us know what the output tells you please.

Thanks.
farll007
December 28th, 2010, 04:34 PM
It appears that I have that bug you mentioned. Is there a fix for that?


DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"

I was looking for the new things it shows on the website for 10.10 but I havn't noticed anything different at all, except when I started up this morning my wireless is not working. I had that problem when I first bought the computer, it resolved itself the next day when it downloaded the 163 updates it was behind, but there are no new updated for this since i just downloaded it all.
howefield
December 28th, 2010, 04:41 PM
It appears that I have that bug you mentioned. Is there a fix for that?

Here is the link to the bug.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/690248
Rubi1200
December 28th, 2010, 08:18 PM
Thank you howefield for posting the link.

@farll007: don't worry about it. You have 10.10 installed as you expected and now you know a command to run to check such things in the future.
farll007
December 29th, 2010, 10:19 AM
Thanks for the help. I'm starting to get this stuff figured out but I still have a lot to learn. I solved the wireless issues, it wasn't the OS, my kids did something to my router. I'm sure I will have many more questions as I explore and tweak my system, thanks again.
Rubi1200
December 29th, 2010, 10:37 AM
You are more than welcome :-)

Post anytime you have questions.

Enjoy!