Update failed. No further upgrades allowed.

[dwjeanes2]

dwjeanes2; Strange,

let's get a better handle on what is not going on.
These questions are relevant:




If the above is true, AND you have no other instance of a package manager open at the same time . AND you have rebooted the system;
As it appears Old_Grey_Wolf's worthy advise did not have the desired result:
Then try:

sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

proper procedure for particular instance

I believe all I was doing was updating 12.04, but I'm not gonna say that for certain. I just allowed the auto-updater to do it's thing.

And yes, per my OP, the upgrade hung, sat overnight with no progress. There have been several reboots since, and I only use default upgrades through the Ubuntu site. I don't use any other package managers, nor do I use much of anything that isn't ubuntu specific. It's a pretty vanilla install, with wine, which I don't use since all the apps I need are native to ubuntu.

[dwjeanes2]

I believe all I was doing was updating 12.04, but I'm not gonna say that for certain. I just allowed the auto-updater to do it's thing.

And yes, per my OP, the upgrade hung, sat overnight with no progress. There have been several reboots since, and I only use default upgrades through the Ubuntu site. I don't use any other package managers, nor do I use much of anything that isn't ubuntu specific. It's a pretty vanilla install, with wine, which I don't use since all the apps I need are native to ubuntu.

OK, that was pretty scary... The first line "sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/lock" caused my system to blank screen. no error messages, nothing except a dark screen and an ON power light... A reboot was successful, but I have no idea if it worked.

How can I check the status (results) to see if the above commands were successful before the system crashed? Do I just look for "/var/lib/dpkg/lock" to see if it was deleted?


update:

Well, I tried again, breaking the above commands into 2 lines. The first "sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock" again caused a black screen. I looked in /var/lib/dpkg and lock is still there. How can I tell if the fuser command worked?

[dwjeanes2]

Well, I tried again, breaking the above commands into 2 lines. The first "sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock" again caused a black screen. I looked in /var/lib/dpkg and lock is still there. How can I tell if the fuser command worked?

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Try these commands

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[dwjeanes2]

I got this when I did "sudo apt-get update"

...
Fetched 72 B in 6s (11 B/s)
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

This is my last try. If it doesn't work maybe someone else will come along. Enter

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This is without the sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock command that does interupt the graphic card communication.

[dwjeanes2]

david@david-Latitude-D620:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam i386 Packages
Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en_US
Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
david@david-Latitude-D620:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2) ...
Removing old bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: bcmwl
Version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom
Kernel: 3.2.0-54-generic (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

wl.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.2.0-54-generic/updates/dkms/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod..........

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.2.0-54-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.0-54-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-54-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod........

DKMS: install completed.


_________________________________________________

after that, the shell did not return a command prompt. I am gonna let it sit for a while. Maybe it's busy.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

It looks like it was updating and ran into a problem with your broadcom wireless driver. You have a different problem now unless it resolves itself. I would recommend starting a new thread if problems persist.

[dwjeanes2]

It looks like it was updating and ran into a problem with your broadcom wireless driver. You have a different problem now unless it resolves itself. I would recommend starting a new thread if problems persist.

OK. What do I post in the new thread? Please let me know any commands to issue and post results from.

Would It be best to just do a clean re-install? I'm not really interested in exploring why this happened, I just want a stable system. Perhaps there is a more current Ubuntu version that I can upgrade to.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Upgrading from 11.04 to 12.04 has it's risks. Did you upgrade to 11.10 then 12.04?

If you have backed up important files, reboot and see what happens. It may just work fine after a reboot. I would post this with an explanation that you were trying to upgrade to 12.04

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
david@david-Latitude-D620:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2) ...
Removing old bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: bcmwl
Version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom
Kernel: 3.2.0-54-generic (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

wl.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.2.0-54-generic/updates/dkms/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod..........

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new bcmwl-6.20.155.1+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.2.0-54-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.0-54-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-54-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod........

DKMS: install completed.

You could just do a clean install if you want. Then resort the important files.