lsb_release shows the wrong version

[mondo1287]

I'm running Ubuntu Server and I'm trying to update it. The system was originally running 8.10. Right now the system still thinks it's on 8.10, so update-manager-core is trying to update it to 9.04. However, every package on the system is the 9.04 version, so it doesn't update anything, and I can't get to anything newer.

How can I convince the system that it is really running 9.04 and not 8.10?

apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.9-4ubuntu6.2
Candidate: 2.9-4ubuntu6.2
Version table:
*** 2.9-4ubuntu6.2 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
500 http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu jaunty-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.9-4ubuntu6 0
500 http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu jaunty/main Packages

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid

uname -a
Linux Lampuntu 2.6.28-18-server #60-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:41:54 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

[mondo1287]

I finally got this resolved. I manually edited /etc/lsb_release and /etc/issue to reflect 9.04. I'm now able to upgrade to Karmic.

[iWarior]

In my point of view - it's not good solution...

I have this problem in my Ubuntu 8.10.

After I do-release-upgrade to 9.04 lsb_release -a showed 8.10. But kernel, sources.list and packages versions - from jaunty ...

This situation was repeated again when I upgraded to karmic..

Reinstalling lsb-release doesn't take effect.

How to fix it? :0)

[realTHK]

I had an Ubuntu 10.04, which I upgraded to 10.10.

It is basically OK, lsb_release -a shows 10.10 Maverick, but if I select System/About Ubuntu, that dialog shows
"You are using Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal - released in April 2011 and supported until October 2012."
:confused:

I wonder how that About Ubuntu works...

[vandamme]

"This version (Natty Narwhal) was released in April 2011, so its version number is 11.04."

I wondered about that, too. Apparently the help file was teleported back from the future. Too bad we can't get the full 14.10 version, which runs all Windows 8 programs. :popcorn: