10.04 to 10.10 corrupt upgrade

[JohnReid]

I think my upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 got corrupted. The update manager got half way through upgrading the system and then complained about some dependency. I forgot I hadn't closed the update manager and ran synaptic with it still open to update some packages. In any case I think the system got in a mess as


cat /etc/issuegives

Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l

but all the sources in
/etc/apt/sources.list refer to lucid (see below)! Am i right to think this looks like one big mess? What should I do?


# deb cdrom:[Mythbuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027)]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse

## 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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-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 lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
# deb http://apt.boxee.tv karmic main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/songbird-daily/ppa/ubuntu lucid main # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/songbird-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

[mörgæs]

The machine has been upgraded at least from 9.10. Have you thought of a fresh install, plain and simple?

[JohnReid]

I thought about it as I've seen it mentioned as the answer to other people's problems. I'm not quite sure what it involves. Presumably it leaves all my data intact. What about my configuration files? Also my machine is not vanilla Ubuntu. It is a mythbuntu box so I'm not sure if this has any bearing on what I should do.

Thanks for the input,
John.

[mörgæs]

I wrote something on that topic here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580857

[mörgæs]

I wrote something on that topic here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580857

[mörgæs]

I wrote something on that topic here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580857

[JohnReid]

Thanks for the link. This looks like quite a lot of effort. Maybe I'm going to have to do it anyway. For the moment I've justed edited all my sources.list files and changed lucid to maverick. This seemed to fix the some of the problems I've been having. I'm not sure all have gone away though.

Thanks,
John.