[Bug 1874461] [NEW] gconf2.0 crashes repeatedly on upgrade to focal fossa

[Philip Armstrong]

Public bug reported:

Running update-manager -p today just before the release of focal fossa,
the install halted during package configuration with a gconf2.0 crash. I
had to dismiss about 30 dialogs before the install completed, each
exactly the same.

I run stock ubuntu, except that I use the standard Gnome desktop instead
of the Ubuntu unity Gnome variant. The machine in question has been
upgraded from 18.04 to 19.10 & now to 20.04

Since this package is now marked as only required for legacy
applications, perhaps it needs removing before the focal upgrade?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.18
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Apr 23 15:43:05 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (643 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-23 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-04-29T12:11:49.292007

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade focal

** Description changed:

  Running update-manager -p today just before the release of focal fossa,
  the install halted during package configuration with a gconf2.0 crash. I
  had to dismiss about 30 dialogs before the install completed, each
  exactly the same.
  
  I run stock ubuntu, except that I use the standard Gnome desktop instead
  of the Ubuntu unity Gnome variant. The machine in question has been
  upgraded from 18.04 to 19.10 & now to 20.04
  
  Since this package is now marked as only required for legacy
- applications, perhaps it needs removing?
+ applications, perhaps it needs removing before the focal upgrade?
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Apr 23 15:43:05 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (643 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-23 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
-  
+ 
  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-04-29T12:11:49.292007

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Title:
  gconf2.0 crashes repeatedly on upgrade to focal fossa

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running update-manager -p today just before the release of focal
  fossa, the install halted during package configuration with a gconf2.0
  crash. I had to dismiss about 30 dialogs before the install completed,
  each exactly the same.

  I run stock ubuntu, except that I use the standard Gnome desktop
  instead of the Ubuntu unity Gnome variant. The machine in question has
  been upgraded from 18.04 to 19.10 & now to 20.04

  Since this package is now marked as only required for legacy
  applications, perhaps it needs removing before the focal upgrade?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Apr 23 15:43:05 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (643 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-23 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-04-29T12:11:49.292007

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