[02:49] <opensynth> howdy all. Im having some trouble upgrading my system. hopfully someone can help. Here is a snapshot of my issue
[02:49] <opensynth> me@me-MacBookPro:~$ apt list --upgradeable Listing... Done abgate/lucid 1:1.1.7-1kxstudio1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.1.9-1] eq10q/trusty 2:2.0.0-1kxstudio1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.2~repack0-2] patchage/trusty 1:1.0.1+svn5733-1kxstudio1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.0.0~dfsg0-0.2] vocproc/lucid 1:0.2-3kxstudio1 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.2.1-2] me@me-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt upgrade [sudo] password for me:  Reading package lists...
[02:50] <opensynth> sorry that didnt format correctly
[02:51] <opensynth> i have 4 upgradeable packages that wont upgrade
[02:51] <opensynth> these 4 packages are preventing me from distro-upgrade to 18.10
[02:55] <opensynth> sudo apt upgrade, sudo apt full-upgrade, and sudo apt --only-upgrade install *kxstudio1* all fail to upgrade the 4 packages
[03:08] <OvenWerks> I would ask Falktx the maintainer of kxstudio.
[03:12] <OvenWerks> I see lucid listed there. I think it was just after that that the DE was changed from Gnome2 to xfce (both gnome3 and unity where too unstable for audio work)
[03:13] <OvenWerks> Anyway, the upgrade path from gnome2 Studio to xfce Studio was to re-install rather than upgrade.
[03:32] <opensynth> thanks for the reply ovenwerks. I would prefer to do a fresh install but the machine I'm attempting to upgrade has a defective gpu and requires modifying boot options in grub to disable the gpu. I need to modify the string "gfxpayload=keep " idont think I cant do this with the ubuntustudio installer without modifying and rebuliding the installer itself. My intuition was that an upgrade path would be more simple
[03:37] <opensynth> additionally I am currently on studio  18.04 with the default desktop. i think it's xfce.
[03:38] <opensynth> but I did install ubuntustudio from the standard ubuntu gnome desktop
[03:38] <opensynth> because the ubuntu installer allows me to modify grub
[03:39] <OvenWerks> My mistake, I was just seeing lucid and trusty in the part you pasted confued me.
[03:39] <OvenWerks> That should not be a problem
[03:40] <OvenWerks> I have installed Studio on top of just about everything out there from KDE to all the gnome based to lubuntu
[03:40] <OvenWerks> However, I don't us any of the KX packages.
[03:40] <OvenWerks> (except for a self built Carla)
[03:43] <opensynth> do you know if 18.04 can upgrade to 18.10 without the kx repos? if so I'll just disable them.
[03:44] <cfhowlett> Easy enough to test: edit apt/sources to ## comment out the kx repos.  run apt update then run do-release-upgrade
[03:58] <opensynth> looks like disableing those repos is gonna work. thanks for the help.
[03:59] <cfhowlett> happy2help!  after you get the upgrade, re-enable the kx stuff and all should be well.
[03:59] <OvenWerks> opensynth: in 18.10 ubuntustudio-controls does a lot of what Cadence does
[04:00] <OvenWerks> -controls also allows using more than one audio IF at a time
[04:00] <OvenWerks> for example using a USB mic to record and playing back through the on board IF
[05:01] <cfhowlett> !ping
[18:21] <studio-user266> slow pc after installing kde plasma desktop on ubuntu studio 18.10