upgrading from 9.04

[faintscrawl]

Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade from 9.1. Originally I was using update manager, but the upgrade failed. Now I have a big icon red with white line on the top toolbar. When I hover over it, it tells me to run Package Manager in order to fix Broken Packages. However, that doesn't work. If I try to run the upgrade again I end up being told to use the terminal and run sudo apt-get install -f. When I do that I get the following ...

tom@Franz:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
bluez-alsa melt evolution-data-server-dbg libgsf-gnome-1-114
firefox-3.5-branding libglitz-glx1 libatk1.0-dbg bluez-gstreamer swh-plugins
libgsf-1-114-dbg kdenlive-data wine-gecko libmpeg3cv
xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support libseed0 libmlt++2 libcvaux1 evince-dbg upower
libpango1.0-0-dbg libgnomedb3-common libgnomedb3-4 libgnomevfs2-0-dbg
epiphany-browser-data gobject-introspection-glib-2.0 evolution-dbg
libatspi-dbg liblog4j1.2-java libupower-glib1 libflac++6 mesa-common-dev
gobject-introspection-repository frei0r-plugins libxft2-dbg python-utidylib
gobject-introspection libfontconfig1-dbg libgoffice-dbg libflickrnet2.2-cil
libgsf-gnome-1-114-dbg libtidy-0.99-0 libgda3-sqlite
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-dbg libfltk1.1 libgavl1 libgnomedb3-bin
libloudmouth1-0-dbg python-feedparser libgirepository1.0-0
gobject-introspection-freedesktop libglitz1 firefox-3.5-gnome-support
gnome-panel-dbg libdbus-qt-1-1c2 x11proto-fixes-dev libcv1 libgnomedb3-4-dbg
gnome-js-common libgoffice-0-8 libsox-fmt-base nautilus-dbg
libgtkhtml3.14-dbg libhighgui1 libquicktimecv libgcj9-0-awt libsox-fmt-alsa
rhino gnome-applets-dbg liboobs-1-4-dbg python-4suite-xml libgda3-3-dbg
optlibx11-noxcb-data libguicastcv libgnomeui-0-dbg libxft-dev
libgnome-keyring1.0-cil libxfixes-dev libsox1a libmlt-data totem-dbg
optlibx11-noxcb-6 libgail-gnome-dbg libmx4j-java libmlt1 libmpeg3-1
libgoffice-0-8-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
consolekit fontconfig-config gdm ifupdown indicator-applet
indicator-applet-session initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin libatk1.0-0
libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libc6-i686 libdevkit-power-gobject1 libdrm-nouveau1
libdrm-radeon1 libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dbg libfontconfig1-dev
libindicator0 libnih-dbus1 libnih1 libplymouth2 libpopt0 libudev0
libupower-glib1 libxklavier16 manpages-dev mountall plymouth
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text udev upower upstart ureadahead
Suggested packages:
uswsusp gnome-orca gok glibc-doc watershed
Recommended packages:
indicator-sound indicator-application indicator-me libatk1.0-data
The following packages will be REMOVED:
devicekit-power gnome-power-manager indicator-session usplash
usplash-theme-ubuntu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
initramfs-tools-bin libdrm-nouveau1 libindicator0 libnih-dbus1 libnih1
libplymouth2 libupower-glib1 libxklavier16 manpages-dev plymouth
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text upower
The following packages will be upgraded:
consolekit fontconfig-config gdm ifupdown indicator-applet
indicator-applet-session initramfs-tools libatk1.0-0 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev
libc6-i686 libdevkit-power-gobject1 libdrm-radeon1 libfontconfig1
libfontconfig1-dbg libfontconfig1-dev libpopt0 libudev0 mountall udev
upstart ureadahead
22 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1610 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/12.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 4,755kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on mountall
tom@Franz:~$

Any tips on what I should do from here?

Thanks!

[Enigmapond]

In all honesty, I would just back-up your home directory and do a fresh install off of a Live CD. You can fix broken packages with synaptic but you may encounter problems in the upgrade...just my opinion. Hope this helps.

Cheers!

[faintscrawl]

Thanks. You're probably be right. And it's been a long time since I did a fresh install.

What's the easiest way to back-up and then re-load 'home'? Just drag it to usb key and then drag it back after I've installed the new os?

Thanks.

[Enigmapond]

That's what I would do..just keep the things you definitely don't want to lose. I tried to upgrade from Jaunty to Lucid and it didn't go that well and since I did a fresh install I'm virtually bug free as I was in Jaunty..Good Luck!:)

[ziffolo]

oh damn I should have read this post earlier -.-'

[faintscrawl]

So I created a USB startup disc, turn off computer, restarted and it completely bypassed the usb and booted up as usual. I made a bootable dvd and the same thing happened?

Any ideas.

Thanks.

[Enigmapond]

Yes you need to change the bios on your computer to boot from USB or CD. Usually right at the start-up if you press F8 or F12 (some computers are different), it will bring up a screen that you can change this.

[faintscrawl]

I thought I'd done that, but I tried again and it worked. I have a new problem, though.

When I get to the Who are You? part of the installation, I fill in my username, password, etc, but it doesn't give me the option of going forward. Eventually it says it's waiting for me, but the "forward" button won't light up and become activated.

Also, I can't connect to the internet. Do you need to have access to the internet to complete the installation?

Thanks so much.

[faintscrawl]

Ha. Figured it out. Common problem. Can't use uppercase in username. Someone should fix this because I got a green checkmark beside a username with a capital.

I like Ubuntu but would never be able to use it if it weren't for my reliable, easy-to-use Mac that let me connect to the internet and ask silly questions that get Ubuntu, shuddering and clunky, to take off. (It does fly nicely, though, once it's in the air.)

Now to figure out my internet issue. I had to go through it last time I upgraded too. Oh, joy.