upgrade failed but update manager does not offer upgrade any more

[barnskybeat]

I recently tried to upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 (network upgrade). The upgrade was interrupted at an early stage (download of packages) due to a network outage.

Later I wanted repeat/re-start the upgrade but now the Upgrade Manager does not offer the upgrade any more.

Any help?

[Pumalite]

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[barnskybeat]

Tried it to no avail. upgrade still not offered:
here are the details,any other idea?


dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for dirk:
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 obex-data-server python-pyatspi python-brlapi libavahi-ui0
libopenobex1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Sources
Reading package lists... Done
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$

[albinootje]

Tried it to no avail. upgrade still not offered:

Can you start with the upgrade-manager again ?


$ update-manager -h
Usage: update-manager [options]

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version Show version and exit
-c, --check-dist-upgrades
Check if a new distribution release is available
-d, --devel-release Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is
possible
-p, --proposed Upgrade using the latest proposed version of the
release upgrader
--dist-upgrade Try to run a dist-upgrade

And post your /etc/apt/sources.list here please.

[barnskybeat]

sorry , but I am pretty new to linux and this command line stuff. when entering the commands into the terminal window I get nothing but error messages...

anyhow. here's my sources list:
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/amaranth/ubuntu feisty main universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/amaranth/ubuntu feisty main universe

[albinootje]

OK. Can you post the output of the following in a terminal :


uname -a
lsb_release -a

And run this :


sudo apt-get update
gksu update-manager --dist-upgrade

And report back whether that starts to continue with the upgrade or not.

[Pumalite]

There are many ways to upgrade. Now that you are fully apdated and that apt-get seems OK:; you could give a try to the official method:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
You can also use the Alternate CD Method which is included in the above link.

[barnskybeat]

Here the output:
ddirk@dirk-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux dirk-laptop 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for dirk:
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/universe Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty Release [24.2kB]
Ign http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/main Packages
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/universe Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/main Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/universe Sources
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/main Packages
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://kh.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/universe Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net feisty/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/universe Sources
Fetched 1B in 5s (0B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ gksu update-manager --dist-upgrade
gksu: unrecognized option `--dist-upgrade'
GKsu version 2.0.0

Usage: gksu [-u <user>] [options] <command>

--debug, -d
Print information on the screen that might be
useful for diagnosing and/or solving problems.

--user <user>, -u <user>
Call <command> as the specified user.

--disable-grab, -g
Disable the "locking" of the keyboard, mouse,
and focus done by the program when asking for
password.
--prompt, -P
Ask the user if they want to have their keyboard
and mouse grabbed before doing so.
--preserve-env, -k
Preserve the current environments, does not set $HOME
nor $PATH, for example.
--login, -l
Make this a login shell. Beware this may cause
problems with the Xauthority magic. Run xhost
to allow the target user to open windows on your
display!

--description <description|file>, -D <description|file>
Provide a descriptive name for the command to
be used in the default message, making it nicer.
You can also provide the absolute path for a
.desktop file. The Name key for will be used in
this case.
--message <message>, -m <message>
Replace the standard message shown to ask for
password for the argument passed to the option.
Only use this if --description does not suffice.

--print-pass, -p
Ask gksu to print the password to stdout, just
like ssh-askpass. Useful to use in scripts with
programs that accept receiving the password on
stdin.

--sudo-mode, -S
Make GKSu use sudo instead of su, as if it had been
run as "gksudo".
--su-mode, -w
Make GKSu use su, instead of using libgksu's
default.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$

[barnskybeat]

and this one:

dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get --dist-upgrade
E: Sense dist is not understood, try true or false.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$

[Pumalite]

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
(remove '--' in front of dist)

[barnskybeat]

did that already in line three above. here again the result:
dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
dirk@dirk-laptop:~

[barnskybeat]

alternate CD method also does not work, i.e. mounting iso file as cdrom0 on desktop

[albinootje]

dirk@dirk-laptop:~$ gksu update-manager --dist-upgrade
gksu: unrecognized option `--dist-upgrade'
GKsu version 2.0.0

Usage: gksu [-u <user>] [options] <command>


Sorry to see this :(
Since you wrote that your dist-upgrade was interrupted.. can you try this please :


sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo update-manager --dist-upgrade

[barnskybeat]

you are a star, upgrade just started running!