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    apt upgrade breaks fresh Ubuntu 19.10 install

    I have a fresh install of 19.10 on my laptop.

    It would not successfully reboot after the reboot required to finish upgrade.

    I took me a while to figure out that I was habitually doing:

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade

    based on experience with earlier Ubuntu installations and this is what broke the system.

    Currently the Ubuntu Software gui tool says the "Software is up to date".

    But, apt list --upgradabable says:

    drew@drew-ThinkPad-T520:~$ apt list --upgradable
    Listing... Done
    gzip/eoan-updates 1.10-0ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.10-0ubuntu3]
    libpam-modules-bin/eoan-updates 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1]
    libpam-modules/eoan-updates 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1]
    libpam-runtime/eoan-updates,eoan-updates 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0 all [upgradable from: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1]
    libpam0g/eoan-updates 1.3.1-5ubuntu1.19.10.0 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1]
    ubuntu-desktop-minimal/eoan-updates 1.440.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.440]
    ubuntu-desktop/eoan-updates 1.440.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.440]
    ubuntu-minimal/eoan-updates 1.440.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.440]
    ubuntu-standard/eoan-updates 1.440.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.440]
    update-notifier-common/eoan-updates,eoan-updates 3.192.26.1 all [upgradable from: 3.192.26]
    update-notifier/eoan-updates 3.192.26.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 3.192.26]
    drew@drew-ThinkPad-T520:~$

    If I do a sudo apt upgrade all these updates are installed

    But, the next reboot hangs

    with: ubuntu followed by an row a ubuntu icon as a superscript with 5 dots below that cycle from red to white this never moves on to a login prompt.
    I'm assuming it's the libpam stuff that's breaking the system.

    Obviously there is stuff going on here that I don't understand.

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    Re: apt upgrade breaks fresh Ubuntu 19.10 install

    It seems to be related to a Thinkpad T520 but let's see the hardware details anyway. Please run
    Code:
    sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt
    and post lshw.txt in CODE tags.
    Bringing old hardware back to life. About problems due to upgrading.
    Please visit Quick Links -> Unanswered Posts.
    Don't use this space for a list of your hardware. It only creates false hits in the search engines.

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