Gutsy Upgrade problem

[Rick Knight]

NoOp wrote:
> On 03/29/2008 08:57 PM, Rick Knight wrote:
>   
>> Rick Knight wrote:
>>     
>>> NoOp wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> On 03/29/2008 03:11 PM, Rick Knight wrote:
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>>>>     
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>>>>> Can tell me what I've done wrong or point me to some better Upgrade 
>>>>> instructions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Rick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Sure:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades
>>>>>   http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> You probably missed the "Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD" section.
>>>>
>>>> What happens when you place the alternate CD in the drive while you are
>>>> in Feisty?
>>>>   
>>>>     
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>>> Nothing happens.
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>>>       
>>>>   
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>>> When I use the instruction "If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for 
>>> any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2: " I get 
>>> the kdesu dialog but then nothing happens. If I run the sam command from 
>>> a terminal I get this...
>>>
>>> [: 23: 7.10: unexpected operator
>>>
>>> Could not find the upgrade application in the archive, exiting
>>>
>>> tar: /media/Kubuntu: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>
>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>> tar: 7.10: Not found in archive
>>> tar: i386/dists/stable/main/dist-upgrader/binary-all//gutsy.tar.gz: Not 
>>> found in archive
>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>
>>> rick at rick:~$ 
>>>
>>> When I insert the CD, it is auto-mounted at /media/Kubuntu 7.10 i386. I 
>>> think the spaces in the mount point are causing the problem. I'll try 
>>> and mount the cd at /media/cdrom. I'll post the results.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rick
>>>
>>>
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>>>       
>> OK, I remounted the CD at /media/cdrom and then re-ran the Alternativ 
>> CD/DVD Upgrade. The upgrade started, downloaded a couple of updates and 
>> then began the upgrade process. It finished with a message that the 
>> system was up to date.  Then it restored the system state and was done. 
>> I shutdown and then restarted with the new kernel. No change. It still 
>> won't boot the Gutsy kernel. I get the same error. I still have boot 
>> with the Feisty kernel.
>>
>> Can you suggest anything else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>>
>>     
>
> Well, I'm pretty much out of suggestions... perhaps this will work while
> in Feisty:
>
>   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>   sudo apt-get -f install
>   sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
>
>
>   
Thanks again, NoOp.

I've entered the commands you suggested. The output is below...

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for rick:
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
Fetched 5B in 1s (3B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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sudo dpkg --configure -a produced no output, it just returned me to the 
command prompt.

It looks to me like the Gutsy upgrade worked but something else is 
broken. I found a bug report that matches my symptoms on launchpad 
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/190588) and added my comments to 
it, but there hasn't been any response to the original report in well 
over a month. What else can I do to find a solution to this problem?

Thanks,
Rick