trouble with apt-get upgrade

[Bashing-om]

slgtheindividual; Hey,

The "/etc/apt/sources.list" should fly.
I have no idea what these are, from the 3rd party directory /etc/apt/sourcrs.list.d/ :
nvbn-rm-ppa-saucy.list
private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_monster-rpg2_ubuntu.list
private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_nitro_ubuntu.list
private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_steam_ubuntu.list

Let's check and make sure they are out of the equation:
checking one of them:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_monster-rpg2_ubuntu.list

is the fetch line commented out ?

As to Ian's great idea:
I can see a great benefit to get this system updated. I do not, however, see the means to implement the edit to "/etc/init.d/udev" to effect mountkernfs.
Ian to the rescue ?

We are working toward getting udev downgraded to the correct version, then I hope the offending up-start scrips get fixed.
Else we are looking at editing each and every one to make up-start happy. That is a task pending a happy outcome of "udev's" downgrade.

progress:

one step at a time

[slgtheindividual]

ok the output of that is below:

~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_monster-rpg2_ubuntu.list
# deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/monster-rpg2/ubuntu saucy main #Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf

I assume the comments here are good?

[Bashing-om]

slgtheindividual;

Yep, and will "assume" the others have also been commented out.
Back to the current situation:
packages.ubuntu search is back up.

Package libudev1

saucy-updates (libs): libudev shared library
204-0ubuntu19: amd64 i386

//
Other Packages Related to libudev1

depends
multiarch-support
Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility
libc6 (>= 2.17)
Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

So, what do you show for libc6 ?

dpkg -l libc6

Mean while ->

back at the ranch

[ian-weisser]

I can see a great benefit to get this system updated. I do not, however, see the means to implement the edit to "/etc/init.d/udev" to effect mountkernfs.

Most profuse apologies for not being clear:

I meant: "Temporarily edit line #4 of /etc/init.d/udev"

#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          udev
# Required-Start:    mountkernfs 
# Required-Stop:     
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Start udevd, populate /dev and load drivers.
### END INIT INFO
[...]

Remove the reference to mountkernfs.
Save (this script is run by root, so use sudo)
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Edit the file once more to replace the reference to mountkernfs

[slgtheindividual]

ok so here is my terminal output:

~$ dpkg -l libc6
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version          Architecture     Description
+++-======================-================-================-=================================================
ii  libc6:amd64            2.17-93ubuntu4   amd64            Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libc6:i386             2.17-93ubuntu4   i386             Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries

going to edit that file now, and try another update, I'll post after

[Bashing-om]

@ Ian;

Pleased ya popped back in .. my 13.04 "/etc/init.d/udev" is totally different and has no reference to "mountkernfs " !
Completely different file structure.

Awaiting OP's return to see where we stand in getting to "udev".

3 heads are better then 2, better than 1

[slgtheindividual]

Most profuse apologies for not being clear:

I meant: "Temporarily edit line #4 of /etc/init.d/udev"

#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          udev
# Required-Start:    mountkernfs 
# Required-Stop:     
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Start udevd, populate /dev and load drivers.
### END INIT INFO
[...]

Remove the reference to mountkernfs.
Save (this script is run by root, so use sudo)
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Edit the file once more to replace the reference to mountkernfs

This worked =]
so here's what I did:

made a backup of /etc/init.d/udev:

~$ sudo cp /etc/init.d/udev /etc/init.d/udev-orig

deleted the line you said using gedit:

~$ sudo gedit /etc/init.d/udev

ran an update (which completed successfully) (I seem to have lost the output for this, but it worked):

~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

so I restored the original file and checked it in gedit

~$ sudo cp /etc/init.d/udev-orig /etc/init.d/udev
~$ sudo gedit /etc/init.d/udev

then I re-enabled my PPA's from the package manager and ran a final update which again was a success.

I just want to say a huge thank you to you both for all of your time and effort, you not only solved my problem but also taught me, so thank you =D

[Bashing-om]

slgtheindividual; OUTSTANDING !!

A big thank you to Ian.

OK.. let's look

dpkg -l procps udev libudev1

and see that all is as should be !

ain't nothing but a big thing

[Bucky Ball]

This has been fun to watch!

Please mark the thread as solved to help others. Thanks.

[slgtheindividual]

ok we have:

~$ dpkg -l procps udev libudev1
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version          Architecture     Description
+++-======================-================-================-=================================================
ii  libudev1:amd64         204-5            amd64            libudev shared library
ii  libudev1:i386          204-5            i386             libudev shared library
ii  procps                 1:3.3.3-2ubuntu9 amd64            /proc file system utilities
ii  udev                   204-5            amd64            /dev/ and hotplug management daemon

is that normal?