I think I'm seeing this problem in the upgrade causing it to ask me to
select a keyboard when there should be no change in the keyboard
configuration--but at this point I'm expecting Ubuntu to become more
useless and troublesome with each so-called upgrade. Look, I'm just
trying to do the upgrade, and the first question it asks is for a
keyboard, but it does NOT offer ANY option that is recognizably similar
to the keyboard they I am using. I wouldn't mind so much if it was some
kind of exotic computer, but it is NOT. Just a plain Jane Lenovo X61
ThinkPad. Ever heard of it? Evidently not.

Look, I really want you to succeed (at despicable Microsoft's cost), but
you are failing more and more. I have already decided NOT to install
Ubuntu on any more machines, because it gets worse and worse each time.
At this point I'm still attempting to update some of my VMware
installations... Or at least I tried it once. The evidence so far is
that I should just give up now and save myself the additional grief.

It's a waste of time, but I'm going to repeat myself: I don't blame you
for failing. I think the deep problem is your economic model, which is
basically the big donor model for charity. That can work if the donor is
rich enough, but he isn't, or if he always makes perfect decisions, but
he doesn't. I'm going to try to end on a constructive note that
addresses the REAL problem here by suggesting that you need to adjust
your economic model to get MUCH more testing into the process. My main
conclusion at this point is that you need to insure there is enough
testing BEFORE you release ANY upgrade, even if it delays the upgrades.
Here's a suggested funding mechanism that would get committed funds from
small donors (who would also be potential testers) BEFORE you even start
the actual programming:

http://eco-epistemology.blogspot.com/2009/11/economics-of-small-donors-
reverse.html

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Title:
  console-setup kernel args no longer recognized

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