problems with 10.04 upgrade to 12.04

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:02:15PM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > Dave Howorth wrote:
> >> Marius Gedminas wrote:
> >>> Anyway, the quickest path to a fully functional machine would be to
> >>> sidestep the bug by removing the lxdm package:
> >>>
> >>>   sudo apt-get remove lxdm
> >> Sadly apt-get seems to be one of the programs that has problems in the
> >> machine's current state. So it failed. I've attached the output of the
> >> command above to the bug report.
> > 
> > Oh, right, because of the dependencies.  Of course.  I should've
> > realized that, sorry!
> > 
> > Can try to fix the postinst script in place, like I suggested in my last
> > bug comment:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxdm/+bug/1045285/comments/28
> > 
> > after which you should be able to complete the upgrade with
> > 
> >   sudo apt-get -f install
> 
> I made the change and I tried apt-get but it failed. I've attached the
> log to the bug report.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1045285/comments/30
> 
> Since it's now apparently producing python-related error messages
> instead of lxdm-related ones, I've stopped there and am looking for
> further guidance rather than going on to remove lxdm.

So, you've been lucky enough to trigger not one, but two bugs during the
upgrade.  The first one (lxdm) is now out of the way, and you're now
staring at the second one (http://pad.lv/990740, looks like).

Yes, removing lxdm is not going to help here.  Try the workaround
suggested on the other bug:

  sudo apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-minimal
  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Marius Gedminas
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