[Bug 1068657] Re: ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications
Maxime R.
rouyrre+lp at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 23:14:40 UTC 2012
** Summary changed:
- ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications without internet access
+ ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications
** Description changed:
I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date
12.04.1 setup to 12.10.
I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567
Basically, I did the following :
- - booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso
+ - booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso
- launched the installer (double click on desktop)
- selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10"
- - I did not select "connect to internet" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.
+ - I did not select "download updates while installing" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.
Result :
- I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install)
- I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzled)
- Install went fine till the end
- At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time.
- reboot
Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values:
- /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago
- no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver
- apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable.
- - Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed.
+ - Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed.
- rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay.
FWIW:
- almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc.
- postgresql roles and databases were wiped out !
- all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug informations, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.
- My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I
+ My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I
do an upgrade, I do an upgrade, not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before.
The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal
process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared to
the (normally) straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent / release-
upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade.
Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that I
started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed:
I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date
12.04.1 setup to 12.10.
I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567
Basically, I did the following :
- booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso
- launched the installer (double click on desktop)
- selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10"
- I did not select "download updates while installing" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.
Result :
- I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install)
- - I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzled)
+ - I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzling)
- Install went fine till the end
- At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time.
- reboot
Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values:
- /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago
- no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver
- apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable.
- Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed.
- rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay.
FWIW:
- almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc.
- postgresql roles and databases were wiped out !
- all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug informations, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.
My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I
do an upgrade, I do an upgrade, not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before.
The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal
process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared to
the (normally) straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent / release-
upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade.
Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that I
started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed:
I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date
12.04.1 setup to 12.10.
I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567
Basically, I did the following :
- booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso
- launched the installer (double click on desktop)
- selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10"
- I did not select "download updates while installing" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.
Result :
- I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install)
- I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzling)
- Install went fine till the end
- At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time.
- reboot
Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values:
- /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago
- no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver
- apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable.
- Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed.
- rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay.
FWIW:
- almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc.
- postgresql roles and databases were wiped out !
- - all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug informations, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.
+ - all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug summary below, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.
My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I
do an upgrade, I do an upgrade, not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before.
The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal
process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared to
the (normally) straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent / release-
upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade.
Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that I
started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date
12.04.1 setup to 12.10.
I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567
Basically, I did the following :
- booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso
- launched the installer (double click on desktop)
- selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10"
- I did not select "download updates while installing" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.
Result :
- I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install)
- I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzling)
- Install went fine till the end
- At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time.
- reboot
Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values:
- /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago
- no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver
- apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable.
- Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed.
- rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay.
FWIW:
- almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc.
- postgresql roles and databases were wiped out !
- all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug summary below, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.
My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I
do an upgrade, I do an upgrade, not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before.
The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal
process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared
to the (normally) straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent /
release-upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade.
Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that
I started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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