Bit of a problem

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Roger <arelem at bigpond.com>:

> I have a HD with 2 partitions. Ubuntu 13.04 on one, primary boot is  
> through ubuntu grub and Fedora 19 on partition 2 which I use all the  
> time.
>
> Ubuntu13.04 ran into a problem yesterday during software update, it  
> lost the internet connection and errors out with a dialog to say  
> internet connection is lost.
> I tried it again this morning with same result after checking the  
> internet and ensuring connection with fedora and ubuntu on eth0.
> I do not understand why ubuntu loses internet during update when it  
> can download files and emails ok.
>
> Ubutnu 13.04 has problem for me, I have run all the cleanups and  
> tests and run only the minimum of apps and there are no errors  
> reported, but it takes >30 seconds to start a terminal and another  
> 50 seconds before the prompt appears.
>
> Because Fedora 19 is booted from the ubuntu grub partition I am  
> reluctant to reinstall a fresh ubuntu because if it trashes Fedora I  
> have major hassles re installing Rails and Drupal which are day  
> projects on both linuxes.
>
> Is there any way I can change the boot to Fedora?

do you know how to edit grub.conf?

>
>
> I am seriously considering reverting ubuntu to 12LTS which my  
> daughters run without a problem.
> Will it be safe as in not trashing Fedora to do a fresh U-LTS install,
> are there any gotchas I need to be aware of?
> Does anyone else experience difficulties with Ubuntu 13.04?
>
> Help very much appreciated
> thanks in advance
> Roger
>
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