Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 using Package Manager failed.

[Panawe]

I expect this is hardly news but I had the upgrade fail during the "setting software channels" step. I get the following error messages:

>Third party sources disabled


Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager.
>> This is simply accepted and the upgrade continues

>Could not determine the upgrade


An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.


>>Upgrade stops and restores 12.04

So I'm going to wait until the upgrade is fixed and install via Package Manager, unless someone can offer any suggestions to act otherwise/

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Hi !

Let's make sure the system is fully updated, and look at the graphic driver situation and check for 3rd party software sources.
Post back the outputs of terminal commands:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo lshw -C display
cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

Then we take another poke at the release upgrade process.



where there is a will there is a way

[Panawe]

Here goes...
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for phil:
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release [7,078 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages [7,909 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages [8,933 B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps Sources
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.getdeb.net precise-getdeb/apps Translation-en
Fetched 24.1 kB in 7s (3,435 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libav-tools libavdevice53 libavfilter2 nvidia-304
The following packages will be upgraded:
adobe-flash-properties-gtk adobe-flashplugin
2 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 4 not to upgrade.
Need to get 7,029 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner adobe-flash-properties-gtk amd64 11.2.202.400-0precise1 [134 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner adobe-flashplugin amd64 11.2.202.400-0precise1 [6,895 kB]
Fetched 7,029 kB in 7s (890 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 1273653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace adobe-flash-properties-gtk 11.2.202.394-0precise1 (using .../adobe-flash-properties-gtk_11.2.202.400-0precise1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement adobe-flash-properties-gtk ...
Preparing to replace adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.394-0precise1 (using .../adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.400-0precise1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement adobe-flashplugin ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Setting up adobe-flashplugin (11.2.202.400-0precise1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so to provide /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (mozilla-flashplugin) in auto mode.
Setting up adobe-flash-properties-gtk (11.2.202.400-0precise1) ...
phil@panawe:~$ sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:ef00(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb01ffff
phil@panawe:~$ cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
2 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
3 # newer versions of the distribution.
4
5 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
6 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
11 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise universe
17 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise universe
18 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
19 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
20
21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
25 ## security team.
26 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
27 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
28 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
29 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
30
31 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
32 ## repository.
33 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
34 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
35 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
36 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
37 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
38 # deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
39 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
40
41 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
42 ## 'partner' repository.
43 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
44 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
45 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
46 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
47
48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
49 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
50 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
51 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
52
53 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
54 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
55 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
56 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
57 deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
58 deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
59 deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
60 deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
phil@panawe:~$ tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gencfsm-ppa-precise.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.distUpgrade <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.save <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gencfsm/ppa/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.distUpgrade <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.save <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list.distUpgrade <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list.save <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list <==
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list.distUpgrade <==
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list.save <==
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 12.04 "precise pangolin"

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.distUpgrade <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.save <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tikhonov-misc-precise.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tikhonov-misc-precise.list.distUpgrade <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tikhonov-misc-precise.list.save <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.distUpgrade <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.save <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-phil-maverick.list <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-phil-maverick.list.distUpgrade <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-phil-maverick.list.save <==
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/phil/ubuntu maverick main
phil@panawe:~$

Thanks for your help - I hope all this means something!

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; so far so good ;

Are you comfortable with a text editor (?); there are a couple of issues with the "/etc/apt/sources.list" file.


46 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

Maverick no longer exist, comment that line out.


59 deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
60 deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps

Unknown if these are supported in trusty, disable in attempting to get 12.04 as close to default as possible to aid in the release upgrade process .
-------------------------
Graphics driver:


The following packages have been kept back:
libav-tools libavdevice53 libavfilter2 nvidia-304

We will take care of that in a moment for the CURRENT install, MUST be reverted to open source when making the release upgrade.
--------------------------------
OK done the edit(s) in the sources.list file, now let's update/upgrade the installed 12.04 packages to latest ( including the 304 driver);
Again, post back the outputs of Terminal commands:
And please employ code tags, makes it so much easier for us to read.
code tag tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2171721&p=12776168#post12776168


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get updrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

where "dist-upgrade" will pull in those held packages.
---------------------------
Once the 12.04 install is stable and fully updated, 3rd party PPAs disabled (Software Sources tool), THEN we can do the release upgrade.





ain't nothing but some things

[Panawe]

I'm not sure here what to do when you say "Maverick no longer exist, comment that line out." And similarly when you say "disable" lines 59 & 60 and the business with the graphics driver.
Can you help me here?

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

The "comment out" and "disable" refer to putting the # symbol at the beginning of the line. You will see it on a few lines in the sources.list file.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Sure,

Glad to oblige;
1st make a backup of the file you are going to edit - just standard operating procedure:


sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list-12aug2014

Now fire up the text editor ( my reference is gedit of that editor), with admin privileges opening that file:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

OK our target file is loaded and available to be edited.
Arrow down to the line " deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner " and type the character '#' at the start of the line. Any line starting with # is considered to be a comment by the system and that line will not be parsed - hence the term "commented out".

Arrow on down to the next item "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps ". and also place a # at the start of that line:
repeat for line " deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps " If these are supported in 14.04, they may be placed back in service when the release upgrade is completed.

Save the file and exit out, back to the terminal.

The graphics driver: There is an update available for it and we will do so as it is a part of the other held updates. However, it is a 3rd party driver and is not a part of the ubuntu install, In the release upgrade process, as this software is not a part of ubuntu that driver will break. So to make the transition to 14.04 one reverts the proprietary back to the open source ( nouveau ) driver - that is a part of ubuntu. Once release upgraded, if you so desire you may (RE-)install a proprietary graphics driver.

Required also for safety's sake; one disables all 3rd party repositories. The easiest way is from the GUI "Software Sources" -> other software and uncheck the check boxes . And again, when verified that they support 14.04 they may be enabled when 14.04 upgrade is complete.

OK, with me so far ? ..

All done up to this point then let's see what the status is prior to making the release upgrade:
post the outputs - Between code tags, please - of terminal commands:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get updrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

So we see that you are ready to do the release upgrade to 14.04.




can do




gets it done

[Panawe]

Okay, I haven't gone to the last step of dist-upgrade but here it is so far...


phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for phil:
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Get:1 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en_GB [96.4 kB]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB [79.8 kB]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en
Get:3 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en_GB [2,406 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en
Get:4 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en_GB [5,492 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en
Get:5 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB [96.4 kB]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en
Get:6 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB [79.8 kB]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Get:7 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB [2,406 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Get:8 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB [5,492 B]
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 368 kB in 1s (345 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
libav-tools libavcodec-extra-53 libavdevice53 libavfilter2
libavformat-extra-53 libavutil-extra-51 libpostproc-extra-52
libswscale-extra-2 nvidia-304
9 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 72.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 593 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libav-tools amd64 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 [613 kB]
Get:2 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe libpostproc-extra-52 amd64 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 [63.4 kB]
Get:3 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libavfilter2 amd64 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 [80.6 kB]
Get:4 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe libswscale-extra-2 amd64 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 [92.1 kB]
Get:5 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libavdevice53 amd64 4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 [29.1 kB]
Get:6 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe libavformat-extra-53 amd64 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 [490 kB]
Get:7 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe libavcodec-extra-53 amd64 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 [2,937 kB]
Get:8 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe libavutil-extra-51 amd64 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 [66.8 kB]
Get:9 http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/restricted nvidia-304 amd64 304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1 [68.3 MB]
Fetched 72.6 MB in 1min 11s (1,013 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 1273653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libav-tools 4:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libav-tools_4%3a0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libav-tools ...
Preparing to replace libpostproc-extra-52 4:0.8.13ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libpostproc-extra-52_4%3a0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libpostproc-extra-52 ...
Preparing to replace libavfilter2 4:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libavfilter2_4%3a0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libavfilter2 ...
Preparing to replace libswscale-extra-2 4:0.8.13ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libswscale-extra-2_4%3a0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libswscale-extra-2 ...
Preparing to replace libavdevice53 4:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libavdevice53_4%3a0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libavdevice53 ...
Preparing to replace libavformat-extra-53 4:0.8.13ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libavformat-extra-53_4%3a0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libavformat-extra-53 ...
Preparing to replace libavcodec-extra-53 4:0.8.13ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libavcodec-extra-53_4%3a0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libavcodec-extra-53 ...
Preparing to replace libavutil-extra-51 4:0.8.13ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using .../libavutil-extra-51_4%3a0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libavutil-extra-51 ...
Preparing to replace nvidia-304 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3 (using .../nvidia-304_304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules



Terminal seems to be hanging after "removing all DKMS modules".

Thanks for your help.

[Panawe]

Turns out the Terminal wasn't hanging, I was being impatient. here's the last bit...



Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement nvidia-304 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Setting up libavutil-extra-51 (4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libavcodec-extra-53 (4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libavformat-extra-53 (4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libavdevice53 (4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libswscale-extra-2 (4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libavfilter2 (4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libpostproc-extra-52 (4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libav-tools (4:0.8.15-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-304 (304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1) ...
INFO:Enable nvidia-304
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/nvidia-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/nvidia-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/nvidia-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Loading new nvidia-304-304.116 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.2.0-67-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.2.0-67-generic
Done.

nvidia_304:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-67-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
phil@panawe:~$

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Now That looks good !

Cooking with Crisco now.

OK now go ahead and complete the 12.04 update:


sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
which DOES NOT do a release upgrade, it is apt-get's smart mode to deal with packing requirements. It only updates installed packages. In this case to install those held packages.
That command may now not produce anything as I now see:


9 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.


But run it anyway, just for cheap insurance.




getting ready to jump

[grahammechanical]

I am concerned about this


==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/ubuntu/x-updates

Is this why upgrade manager is unable to calculate the upgrade?


An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

You have X.Org components that the upgrade scripts are not expecting and they may even be different from what is in 14.04. Perhaps a fresh install of 14.04 would be the easy option from here on. Or try this and start again.


If you are upgrading from one release to another with this PPA activated, please install the ppa-purge package and use it to downgrade everything in here beforehand. sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates will do it.

Regards.

[Panawe]

Hi Bashing-om, and thanks for your help.
I've done the last step (sudo apt-get dist-upgrade) and got the following response...


phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for phil:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
phil@panawe:~$


Thanks for the post grahammechanical. I did as you suggested but got the message "ppa-purge: command not found". I did uncheck all the ppa boxes in the Other Software menu of the Sources List.

Thanks again to you both.

[Panawe]

Just for the hell of it I tried upgrading via package manager but it fell over again at the "setting new software channels" stage with the following...



An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.


This can be caused by:

* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu


* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu


* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu


If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

[Bashing-om]

@ grahammechanical; Wow,

Great catch - makes me question why I did not also see that one - must have a real bad case of tunnel vision.

@ Panawe; The risk is increased; if you decide to proceed with the release upgrade have good backups of your data.
On your word we go onto the next steps in preperation.
---------------------------------

I somehow failed to post the ups last night .
OK as Graham advises, we must revert the x-org PPA back to what is available in the ubuntu's software repository.
To do that one has to install the ppa-purge tool.
To install ppa-purge enter:


sudo apt-get install ppa-purge


I do hope that the last attempt did put all things back to 12.04 and now we can try the release upgrade once more.
No PPAs enabled
No proprietary drivers in use
No screen saver active
system fully updated

==>>> ready set GO




it takes a village

[Panawe]

Okay, installed "ppa-purge". Do I now go ahead with "sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates"?

Off to bed now so I'll think over whether to go ahead with the upgrade. I've been reading about the way 14.04 blanks the hard drive while upgrading!!!

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Yepper !

Then make sure the PPA is "commented out" in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, and I expect you are ready to go for it.
Keep in mind good backups are good insurance.
Remember to also disable any screen saver that you may have.



3rd time is the charm

[Panawe]

What do you make of this?



phil@panawe:~$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
[sudo] password for phil:
Updating packages lists
PPA to be removed: ubuntu-x-swat x-updates
Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: ubuntu-x-swat x-updates
phil@panawe:~$

[Panawe]

Okay, I've got this far but not sure how to comment out PPA entries.


phil@panawe:~$ ls
Anyrail Map Overlays Podcasts
Desktop Map.png Public
doc 120121 Freud v Jung.mp3 Maps Radio
Documents Modelling SillyHat2010.JPG
Downloads Money Templates
DSC_4820.JPG Music Thunderbird Attachments
ebooks My Garmin Tunes
Encfs News Ubuntu One
Films NYD2010q.JPG Videos
Firefox_wallpaper.png P1000628.JPG Webcam_Pictures
JavaMorph Photography Yellowstone
JOSM Pictures
phil@panawe:~$ cd .
phil@panawe:~$ ls
Anyrail Map Overlays Podcasts
Desktop Map.png Public
doc 120121 Freud v Jung.mp3 Maps Radio
Documents Modelling SillyHat2010.JPG
Downloads Money Templates
DSC_4820.JPG Music Thunderbird Attachments
ebooks My Garmin Tunes
Encfs News Ubuntu One
Films NYD2010q.JPG Videos
Firefox_wallpaper.png P1000628.JPG Webcam_Pictures
JavaMorph Photography Yellowstone
JOSM Pictures
phil@panawe:~$ cd ..
phil@panawe:/home$ ls
deleteme phil
phil@panawe:/home$ cd ..
phil@panawe:/$ ls
bin etc lib lost+found proc selinux usr
boot home lib32 media root srv var
cdrom initrd.img lib64 mnt run sys vmlinuz
dev initrd.img.old libnss3.so opt sbin tmp vmlinuz.old
phil@panawe:/$ cd /etc
phil@panawe:/etc$ ls
acpi gshadow passwd-
adduser.conf gshadow- pcmcia
akonadi gtk-2.0 perl
alternatives gtk-3.0 pkcs11
anacrontab hal pm
apache2 hdparm.conf pmount.allow
apg.conf hellanzb.conf pnm2ppa.conf
apm host.conf polkit-1
apparmor hostname popularity-contest.conf
apparmor.d hosts ppp
apport hosts.allow printcap
apt hosts.deny profile
ardour2 hp profile.d
at.deny icedtea-web protocols
at-spi2 ifplugd pulse
avahi ImageMagick purple
avserver.conf init python
bash.bashrc init.d python2.6
bash_completion initramfs-tools python2.7
bash_completion.d inputrc qt3
bindresvport.blacklist insserv rarfiles.lst
blkid.conf insserv.conf rc0.d
blkid.tab insserv.conf.d rc1.d
bluetooth iproute2 rc2.d
bogofilter.cf issue rc3.d
bonobo-activation issue.net rc4.d
brlapi.key java-6-openjdk rc5.d
brltty java-6-sun rc6.d
brltty.conf javascript-common rc.local
byobu kbd rcS.d
ca-certificates kde3 request-key.conf
ca-certificates.conf kernel resolvconf
ca-certificates.conf.dpkg-old kernel-img.conf resolv.conf
calendar kerneloops.conf rmt
chatscripts ldap rpc
checkbox.d ld.so.cache rsyslog.conf
clamav ld.so.conf rsyslog.d
clutter-imcontext ld.so.conf.d samba
colord.conf legal sane.d
compizconfig lftp.conf sbackup.conf
computer-janitor.d libao.conf screenrc
ConsoleKit libnl-3 securetty
console-setup libpaper.d security
couchdb libreoffice sensors3.conf
cracklib lightdm sensors.d
cron.d lighttpd services
cron.daily lintianrc sgml
cron.hourly locale.alias shadow
cron.monthly localtime shadow-
crontab logcheck shells
cron.weekly login.defs skel
crypttab logrotate.conf snmp
cups logrotate.d sound
cupshelpers lsb-base spamassassin
dbus-1 lsb-base-logging.sh speech-dispatcher
dconf lsb-release ssh
debconf.conf ltrace.conf ssl
debian_version magic sudoers
default magic.mime sudoers.d
defoma mail su-to-rootrc
deluser.conf mailcap sysctl.conf
depmod.d mailcap.order sysctl.d
dhcp mail.rc systemd
dhcp3 manpath.config terminfo
dictionaries-common menu texmf
dkms menu-methods thunderbird
doc-base mime.types timezone
dpkg mke2fs.conf timidity
emacs modprobe.d tor
environment modules torsocks.conf
esound mono ts.conf
ffserver.conf motd ucf.conf
firefox mplayer udev
fonts mtab ufw
foomatic mtab.fuselock updatedb.conf
fstab mtools.conf update-manager
fstab_backup mysql update-motd.d
fstab.d nanorc update-notifier
fuse.conf nero UPower
gai.conf netscsid.conf usb_modeswitch.conf
gamin network usb_modeswitch.d
gconf NetworkManager vdpau_wrapper.cfg
gdb networks vga
gdm newt vim
ghostscript nsswitch.conf vlc
gimp obex-data-server vtrgb
ginn ODBCDataSources w3m
gnome odbc.ini wgetrc
gnome-app-install odbcinst.ini wildmidi
gnome-settings-daemon openal wodim.conf
gnome-system-tools openbve wpa_supplicant
gnome-vfs-2.0 OpenCL X11
gnome-vfs-mime-magic opt xdg
gnucash os-release xml
gre.d pam.conf xpdf
groff pam.d xul-ext
group pango xulrunner-1.9.2
group- papersize zsh_command_not_found
grub.d passwd
phil@panawe:/etc$ cd /apt
bash: cd: /apt: No such file or directory
phil@panawe:/etc$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d
[sudo] password for phil:
phil@panawe:/etc$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
phil@panawe:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls
gencfsm-ppa-precise.list
gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.distUpgrade
gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.save
google-chrome.list
google-chrome.list.distUpgrade
google-chrome.list.save
google-earth.list
google-earth.list.distUpgrade
google-earth.list.save
medibuntu.list
medibuntu.list.distUpgrade
medibuntu.list.save
openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list
openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.distUpgrade
openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.save
tikhonov-misc-precise.list
tikhonov-misc-precise.list.distUpgrade
tikhonov-misc-precise.list.save
ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list
ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.distUpgrade
ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.save
user-phil-maverick.list
user-phil-maverick.list.distUpgrade
user-phil-maverick.list.save
phil@panawe:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$



Cheers in advance.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Well,

Maybe take the package manager at it's word here, and see if what "I Think" is so:


ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/info/*nvidia*

Which may lead to a number of conclusions.

Let's see what the result is before



jumping to any conclusion

[Panawe]

here's the result.


phil@panawe:~$ ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/info/*nvidia*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4014 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4525 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6353 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1063 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.postrm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10651 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.preinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 932 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.prerm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-173.shlibs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.conffiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9159 Aug 12 22:35 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11664 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9245 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1487 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.postrm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10841 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.preinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1140 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.prerm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304.shlibs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.conffiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10886 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12976 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9453 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1535 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.postrm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10849 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.preinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1180 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.prerm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-304-updates.shlibs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 258 Jan 25 2011 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-96-modaliases.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Nov 22 2010 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-96-modaliases.md5sums
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.conffiles
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 197 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1728 Oct 5 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1466 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 206 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.postrm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 827 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.preinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 263 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.prerm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 361 Oct 2 2012 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-common.templates
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 Dec 6 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-current.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Dec 4 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-current.md5sums
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 229 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-current-updates.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-current-updates.md5sums
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-304.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-304.md5sums
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-304-updates.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-304-updates.md5sums
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings.conffiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1778 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2268 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 844 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings.preinst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181 Feb 4 2014 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-updates.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Dec 18 2013 /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-settings-updates.md5sums
phil@panawe:~$

[Bashing-om]

Panawe;; Great !

You are trying to work this out:



sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d

The use of "sudo" for ANY graphical application is a NO-NO ! It's use in such a instance/manner can have serious side effects. Use the term gksudo for activating a GUI application with those elevated privileges .

With your above outputs, let's see what the "ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list" directory contains for the source locator;


ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.d ## where the modifiers 'al' mean give us 'A'll the listings in the directory, and 'L'ong, all the info available .

In that output is "ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list" - the listing of interest. Look and see:


cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list
and from that output one can direct the action of the ppa-purge for this application.

Make sense ? can do ? what results ?

We need all PPA's packaging reverted back to ubuntu's repository, and in particular the Nvidia graphics, as the upgrade will in deed break the operating system. It is no fault to ubuntu, as ubuntu has no control over what Nvidia - or other 3rd party software vendors - does or what you choose to install. The upgrade process belongs solely to ubuntu, and ubuntu works with ubuntu files.



the care and feeding of your ubuntu

[Panawe]

Here are the results.


phil@panawe:~$ ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 104
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 12 11:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 14 19:20 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130 Aug 13 11:22 gencfsm-ppa-precise.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130 Aug 13 11:21 gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130 Aug 12 22:25 gencfsm-ppa-precise.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Aug 13 11:22 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Aug 13 11:21 google-chrome.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Aug 12 22:25 google-chrome.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 Aug 13 11:22 google-earth.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 Aug 13 11:21 google-earth.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 Aug 12 22:25 google-earth.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287 Aug 13 11:22 medibuntu.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287 Aug 13 11:21 medibuntu.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287 Aug 12 22:25 medibuntu.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Aug 13 11:22 openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Aug 13 11:21 openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Aug 12 22:25 openshot_developers-ppa-maverick.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Aug 13 11:22 tikhonov-misc-precise.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Aug 13 11:21 tikhonov-misc-precise.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Aug 12 22:25 tikhonov-misc-precise.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Aug 13 11:22 ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Aug 13 11:21 ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Aug 12 22:25 ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 13 11:22 user-phil-maverick.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 13 11:21 user-phil-maverick.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 12 22:25 user-phil-maverick.list.save
phil@panawe:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
phil@panawe:~$



Meaningless to me.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; We are making progress.

How can I more enlighten you, we want you to know and learn:


Meaningless to me.


Presently working on getting the proprietary drivers reverted.
To do so in this instance with proprietary Nvidia grphics drivers installed will use the "ppa-purge" tool to do so:
I think , now,in order for the tool to run the PPA must be enabled:
Let's do this in small steps - if you do not mind, for my little minds sake.
enable the repository:
fire up the text editor once more;


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list

where you see:
"# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu precise main
remove the comment (#) character at the start of the line and save the file, exit back to the terminal.
Now let's do the graphics driver reversion.
The syntax is " sudo ppa-purge ppa:<repository-name>/<subdirectory>"
So try as terminal command:


sudo ppa-purge ppa:launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat

Try this and see what results.


-> maybe yes




but maybe not so yes

[Panawe]

Okay, here it is.


phil@panawe:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-precise.list
phil@panawe:~$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat
Updating packages lists
PPA to be removed: launchpad.net ubuntu-x-swat
Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: launchpad.net ubuntu-x-swat
phil@panawe:~$



Sorry, don't mean to be obstructive and I understand generally what we are trying to, do it's just the detail that confounds me.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Hummpppff !

Don't feel bad about that " it's just the detail that confounds me." as that last output confounds me too !
Let's take a pause and await and see if Graham pops back in here and sheds some light on our confusion.
Likely my construct is in error. But maybe not and there other problems farther up. As I do not run Nvidia graphics I hve no direct experience to draw on.

One thing for sure, the proprietary graphics driver has to be reverted. 'till that is done we are dead in the water.



patience is virtue

[Panawe]

Okay, hanging fire at this end.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Hello,

Not my entent to leave you hanging or stranded.
I am in the process of research and see what I can find to purge the PPA drivers.

As soon as I know ->




I'll Be Baccckkk

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; I am Bacckk !

My scratch pad:
/ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu <- the source;
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/ubuntu/x-updates <- the web site !
And the directive from the authors to revert the PPA to the repository versions:
(as Graham has already advised)


If you are upgrading from one release to another with this PPA activated, please install the ppa-purge package and use it to downgrade everything in here beforehand. sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates will do it.


My conclusion:
So with that source list enabled ( uncommented ); try again:
Terminal command:


sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-update


And let's see what happens ( yeah again !) and then look at manually intervening and taking matters into our own hands.




away we go again

[Panawe]

Ah, sorry, lost the thread for a while and toyed with the idea of loading from DVD.

Here's the output...#


phil@panawe:~$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-update
[sudo] password for phil:
Updating packages lists
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)/ trusty/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2014.04.1%20LTS%20%5fTrusty%20Tahr%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140722.2)_dists_trusty_mai n_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)/ trusty/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2014.04.1%20LTS%20%5fTrusty%20Tahr%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140722.2)_dists_trusty_res tricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
PPA to be removed: ubuntu-x-swat x-update
Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: ubuntu-x-swat x-update
phil@panawe:~$



And if installing 14.04 from a disk is best here's two snapshots from Gparted...

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Hey;

Hanging in here with you.

Presently we must repair the source.list file:


W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)/ trusty/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2014.04.1%20LTS%20%5fTrusty%20Tahr%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140722.2)_dists_trusty_mai n_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140722.2)/ trusty/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2014.04.1%20LTS%20%5fTrusty%20Tahr%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140722.2)_dists_trusty_res tricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W:


Uncheck the CD box in "Software Sources" ;
Then clean out the cache and get new index files:


sudo apt-get clean
sudo rm -fr /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir -pv /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo apt-get update


Reboot the system and verify the system integrity:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade


If all is good at this point and only if good - we do not need to compound the problems - proceed onto ->

Now let's return to the issue of reverting the Nvidia drivers:
As the x-swat PPA does not seen to be fully installed let's shotgun remove Nvidia, restore the Desktop, and install the open source driver (nouveau):
I am - assuming - you are running ubuntu with the standard desk top environment - unity- ! ELSE, stop and advise.


sudo nvidia-installer --uninstall ##just in the event the installer is still around ##
sudo nvidia-settings --uninstall ##same same as above, that tool may or may not exist##
apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-old

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau


Once more reboot for the changes to take effect.

------------------------------------
Now, if all looks good we can proceed with the release upgrade.

[Panawe]

Hi, thanks for your patience.
All doesn't look so good though...


phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for phil:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade



Nothing critical I hope?

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; no cause for sweat yet:

This one:


E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

most generally is another instance of a package manager running. Can only have 1 active at any given time .

Mke sure all instance are closed out, then to make sure, reboot the system,
Then open a terminal and try once more:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

-when- that runs clean, pick up where you left off, as we try to purge Nvidia and install nouveau .




making progress




slowly

[Panawe]

This is straight after reboot.


phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for phil:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
phil@panawe:~$



Good to go?

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Well then !

Make sure there is no other instance running:


ps -e | grep apt

Depending on that output, we 'unlock' dpkg. (nothing is great !)



no step for a stepper

[Panawe]

This look okay?


phil@panawe:~$ ps -e | grep apt
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for phil:
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates Release
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net precise-security/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
phil@panawe:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
phil@panawe:~$



Did i say thank you?

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Yepper;

'dpkg' is unlocked, continue on !



meanwhile, back at the ranch

[Panawe]

There was a heart-stopping moment on reboot when the screen went crazy but I seem to back amongst the land of the living.

When I go for the upgrade I don't want anything changed on the second (storage) drive - I wondered about opening the case and physically disconnecting it?

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Yeah;

Takes a bit for the kernel to 'reconfigure'.

OK, let's take a gander before leaping, as to what we have for a graphics driver ( after the release upgrade ya can try a proprietary driver if ya need/want )
for now what returns :


sudo lshw -C display


If that is good, ALL PPAs are disabled, no other proprietary software in effect, and screen saver turned off -> we go for it !



look before we leap

[Panawe]

Here it is...


phil@panawe:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for phil:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:ef00(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb01ffff
phil@panawe:~$



diver=nouveau - that's good isn't it?

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Yeah !

That is good !
Go for it !


sudo do-release-upgrade


And I see you on the other side !




no step for a stepper

[Panawe]

I'm going to take a little time to make sure everything's backed-up so there may be a delay before I respond.

See you, as you say, on the other side!

[Panawe]

Hi, nope, it's falling over again at the "calculating changes" stage. Also, system seems a bit unstable and screen goes bizarre during boot up.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Strange, real strange .

What have you now got installed onto the system that is non-standard ?

I guess you will have to go through each and every PPA and either revert back to what is available in the ubuntu repository OR maybe go so far as to remove from the system those with no candidate ?

As the system is stable, and the package manager is in a consistent state, about all it can be. Something going on that the package manager has no handle on.




maybe not so yes

[Panawe]

Hi,
I have GoogleEarth, which I think was loaded outside of Software Centre. I also have three Windows programs running under Wine.
Most everything else, I think, I installed via Software Centre.

Ah, but hold on, I found one PPA box checked in Software Sources - have unchecked and going to have another go. Hold on!

[Panawe]

Fell over again when calculating the upgrade although I didn't get the "Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager" warning box before that.

Will it have to be a disk installation?

[Ronald_Bagwell]

I expect this is hardly news but I had the upgrade fail during the "setting software channels" step. I get the following error messages:

>Third party sources disabled


Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager.
>> This is simply accepted and the upgrade continues

>Could not determine the upgrade


An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.


>>Upgrade stops and restores 12.04

So I'm going to wait until the upgrade is fixed and install via Package Manager, unless someone can offer any suggestions to act otherwise/

:confused: I had a simlar problem. I resorted to installing Ubuntu 14.04 rather that perform an upgrade. This resulted in the loss of all files on the Ubuntu partition. I was very careful to follow the correct option which should have left all files intact. If you have any idea how I might recover the files please let me know.

Ron

[Panawe]

Sorry, I don't know enough about this business to help you.

But I'm interested in installing 14.04 into the partition currently occupied by 12.04 (sda5). I don't mind if it wipes everything in that partition but I'd rather keep Windows 7 alive for the moment (although I have the disk if need be).

Sorry I'm no use to you, I hope somebody can help you fix your problem.

[kansasnoob]

:confused: I had a simlar problem. I resorted to installing Ubuntu 14.04 rather that perform an upgrade. This resulted in the loss of all files on the Ubuntu partition. I was very careful to follow the correct option which should have left all files intact. If you have any idea how I might recover the files please let me know.

Ron

You should start a new thread because it's a different issue, but that's probably due to this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192

You should stop using the newly installed OS immediately and only boot that machine using the live media you used to install. Then we can investigate and see if TestDisk or PhotoRec might be able to recover some data.

[kansasnoob]

Sorry, I don't know enough about this business to help you.

But I'm interested in installing 14.04 into the partition currently occupied by 12.04 (sda5). I don't mind if it wipes everything in that partition but I'd rather keep Windows 7 alive for the moment (although I have the disk if need be).

Sorry I'm no use to you, I hope somebody can help you fix your problem.

You could potentially also be effected by this bug if reinstalling:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192

So start by posting the output of:


sudo parted -l

That will provide some basic drive structure info so we can try to help you perform a safe reinstallation.

[Panawe]

Here it is...


phil@panawe:~$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for phil:
Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 106MB 105MB primary ntfs boot
2 106MB 467GB 467GB primary ntfs
3 467GB 1000GB 533GB extended
5 467GB 988GB 521GB logical ext4
6 988GB 1000GB 12.2GB logical linux-swap(v1)


Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 500GB 500GB primary ext4
2 500GB 1000GB 500GB primary ntfs boot


phil@panawe:~$

[kansasnoob]

If your 12.04 still boots also post the output of:


df -H


cat /etc/fstab

BTW the capital H is not a typo ;)

[Panawe]

Although the screen goes doolally during boot (between selecting Ubuntu and the Login screen) 12.04 seems to be working fine.


phil@panawe:~$ phil@panawe:~$ sudo parted -l
phil@panawe:~$: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ [sudo] password for phil:
[sudo]: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
No command 'Disk' found, did you mean:
Command 'risk' from package 'xfrisk' (universe)
Disk: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Partition Table: msdos
Partition: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
No command 'Number' found, did you mean:
Command 'number' from package 'bsdgames' (universe)
Number: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 1 1049kB 106MB 105MB primary ntfs boot
1: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 2 106MB 467GB 467GB primary ntfs
2: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 3 467GB 1000GB 533GB extended
3: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 5 467GB 988GB 521GB logical ext4
5: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 6 988GB 1000GB 12.2GB logical linux-swap(v1)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
No command 'Disk' found, did you mean:
Command 'risk' from package 'xfrisk' (universe)
Disk: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Partition Table: msdos
Partition: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
No command 'Number' found, did you mean:
Command 'number' from package 'bsdgames' (universe)
Number: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 1 1049kB 500GB 500GB primary ext4
1: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 2 500GB 1000GB 500GB primary ntfs boot
2: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=0dc6003c-74d4-4382-9c6f-002877b280d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=fbcadba6-5823-4484-876f-1c8df1bb7d3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
phil@panawe:~$

[kansasnoob]

Although the screen goes doolally during boot (between selecting Ubuntu and the Login screen) 12.04 seems to be working fine.


phil@panawe:~$ phil@panawe:~$ sudo parted -l
phil@panawe:~$: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ [sudo] password for phil:
[sudo]: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
No command 'Disk' found, did you mean:
Command 'risk' from package 'xfrisk' (universe)
Disk: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Partition Table: msdos
Partition: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
No command 'Number' found, did you mean:
Command 'number' from package 'bsdgames' (universe)
Number: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 1 1049kB 106MB 105MB primary ntfs boot
1: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 2 106MB 467GB 467GB primary ntfs
2: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 3 467GB 1000GB 533GB extended
3: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 5 467GB 988GB 521GB logical ext4
5: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 6 988GB 1000GB 12.2GB logical linux-swap(v1)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
No command 'Disk' found, did you mean:
Command 'risk' from package 'xfrisk' (universe)
Disk: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
phil@panawe:~$ Partition Table: msdos
Partition: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
No command 'Number' found, did you mean:
Command 'number' from package 'bsdgames' (universe)
Number: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 1 1049kB 500GB 500GB primary ext4
1: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ 2 500GB 1000GB 500GB primary ntfs boot
2: command not found
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$ phil@panawe:~$
phil@panawe:~$: command not found
phil@panawe:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=0dc6003c-74d4-4382-9c6f-002877b280d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=fbcadba6-5823-4484-876f-1c8df1bb7d3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
phil@panawe:~$



Why are you running commands like those I highlighted? Are you trying to blow things up?

[kansasnoob]

You did not post the output of:


df -H

I don't need it incredibly badly but I was curious how much space is used in the Ubuntu partition. Are you sure there is nothing in the Ubuntu partition that you'd like to back up? Firefox or Thunderbird profiles? Nothing?

[Panawe]

Hi, I didn't run those commands, don't know how they got there.


phil@panawe:~$ df -H
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 513G 102G 385G 21% /
udev 4.2G 4.1k 4.2G 1% /dev
tmpfs 838M 1.0M 837M 1% /run
none 5.3M 0 5.3M 0% /run/lock
none 4.2G 652k 4.2G 1% /run/shm
/dev/sdb1 493G 68G 400G 15% /media/UbuntuStore
/dev/sdb2 501G 180G 322G 36% /media/StoreWin
phil@panawe:~$

[Panawe]

All very strange, I hadn't cleared the screen from the previous command, is that it?


phil@panawe:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=0dc6003c-74d4-4382-9c6f-002877b280d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=fbcadba6-5823-4484-876f-1c8df1bb7d3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
phil@panawe:~$



I blame copy/paste!

[kansasnoob]

All very strange, I hadn't cleared the screen from the previous command, is that it?


phil@panawe:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=0dc6003c-74d4-4382-9c6f-002877b280d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=fbcadba6-5823-4484-876f-1c8df1bb7d3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
phil@panawe:~$



I blame copy/paste!

Maybe because you're using a partially borked OS :confused:

It shouldn't have done any harm - just freaked me out. I'm taking some new screenshots of the installation process so the info I provide is up-to-date, but I'll be back directly.

Give some serious thought to whatever you might want to backup from that old installation. Better to take your time to think about it now instead of wishing you had afterwards.

[Panawe]

I've backed up all the stuff I want onto the second HDD (sdb) and also an external HDD.

I'd very much prefer the installation to leave sdb alone!

[kansasnoob]

I've backed up all the stuff I want onto the second HDD (sdb) and also an external HDD.

I'd very much prefer the installation to leave sdb alone!

OK, excuse me for being anal but a common mistake I've seen made when people create a backup is backing up .mozilla (the Firefox profile) and/or .thunderbird while those apps are running. Then when those old profiles are restored they fail to work, instead just telling you they're already running ;)

Anyway you will leave everything undisturbed unless you select to do otherwise. You already seem to be fairly aware of how Ubuntu designates drives and partitions. From the output of parted -l I can see you have two identical 1TB drives. The first is shown as /dev/sda with two NTFS partitions for Win 7 and also the root and SWAP partitions for Ubuntu. The second is shown as /dev/sdb and has two data partitions, one NTFS and the other ext4.

A long time ago there was a bug around that would sometimes cause the live media to recognize the drives out of order. I think that bug was fixed long ago but I'm still always very cautious to be sure that the drives are in fact recognized as expected. When you're performing the installation if things don't look right don't proceed without asking more questions.

In your case it should be almost impossible to mistakenly choose the wrong partition to reuse because you want to reuse only /dev/sda5 and there is no /dev/sdb5 to confuse it with. SWAP will automatically be reused with no action by you during the installation process.

But first things first. Since you're using new installation media, whether it's a live USB or live DVD, when you boot it the first time enter the advanced boot options (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Ubuntu_CD_Advanced_Welcome_Page_Option s) and choose Check disc for defects. That takes several minutes to complete but there's no point in proceeding with bad installation media.

It's then probably best to try the live desktop to be sure it's going to run with your hardware, but that choice is up to you. After selecting Install Ubuntu when you get to the Installation type screen select Something else > Continue:

255586

Note: those screenshots are taken using Lubuntu but Ubuntu is the same other than color.

After clicking on Continue it may take a few minutes for the next screen to appear:

255587

You can see there that it displays a list of all devices - both drives and partitions - remember you only want to select /dev/sda5. In my screenshot I chose sda6 but you want sda5! With /dev/sda5 highlighted click on Change and another window will appear:

255588

There you will want to leave the Size as it is, set Use as to Ext4, do click on Format, and set Mount point to / which indicates root. Then just click on OK and that window will close. You may be asked to confirm that change.

You can see that you could also select a different location to install grub to but the default is the MBR of /dev/sda and I think we should assume that's correct. If not then /dev/sdb must be set to boot first in BIOS so I assume you'd know how to change that if presented with a "no device found" error on first boot?

That is basically it other than answering questions/entering user info as they're presented to you after clicking on Continue. Is this clear as mud?

I recommend using the same username and password you're now using just to avoid potential permission problems with external storage devices when the installation completes.

[Panawe]

Many thanks, I understand this. Between yourself and Bashing-Om I have been the recipient of the most helpful advice. Is there any way I can buy you guys a beer?

I'll recheck that everything is backed up as it should be (note taken of what you said about Thunderbird & Firefox) and jump in the deep deep tomorrow morning, GMT.

[Panawe]

Installed 14.04 successfully! Surprisingly painless so far but no doubt there'll be all kinds of glitches over the weeks to come.

I owe you guys a great debt.;)

Somewhere here there's a button I press to mark this as solved.

[Bashing-om]

Panawe; Hey ;

I see you found the solved button !

For clarification; the solution is the nuclear one ?
A clean fresh install of release 14.04 ?



there is always that one

[Panawe]

Yes, Bashing-Om, I followed the instructions of kansasnoob to the letter, including the advice about closing Thunderbird & Mozilla before backing them up. Then I just did as he said, installed into the partition occupied by 12.04. Went like a dream.

I owe you a beer :)

PS While reinstalling my old stuff I came across a problem trying to reinstall Gnome Encfs Manager and I noticed while reading the bumph that it uses a PPA repository. That programme was always running while we were trying to clear out the PPA repositories in 12.04!

[kansasnoob]

Panawe; Hey ;

I see you found the solved button !

For clarification; the solution is the nuclear one ?
A clean fresh install of release 14.04 ?



there is always that one


In the real world I almost always use the nuclear option :lolflag:

I currently maintain about 60 individual PC's spread out over a 40 mile radius and I've found that I no more than get one little thing fixed, then a day or two later I get a call that something else went haywire. So now I almost always just have people drop their PC off, give them a loaner, and then give their PC the "full meal deal" :biggrin: