Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 upgrade

[lconrad-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> writes:

    Tom> Anyone encounter any show stoppers in your upgrade from Ubuntu
    Tom> 9.04 to 9.10?

I upgraded the laptop (mainly used for web browsing and reading).  I
usually do this at about the official release time, and don't do the
desktop until I have the laptop working smoothly.

With 9.10, I never did really get the screensaver/power management
working right, so I'm still running 9.4 on the desktop.  

There's a blog entry about it at
<http://serpentpublications.org/laymusic/?p=1764>.  The screensaver
option problem described there turned out to be the xubuntu uses a
different power manager (xfce-powermanager) from the one that's
documented for ubuntu, and which the ubuntu-users list knows how to
support, so I'm able to close the lid without asking for my password,
but I've never gotten the screensaver to work the way I want it to.  

Obviously lid closing options aren't an issue for the desktop, but it
feels shaky enough that I haven't wanted to "upgrade" my solid 9.04, and
nothing I've seen or heard about new features in 9.10 changes that
opinion.

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