Upgrade Testing - "could not install upgrades"

Wed Apr 9 18:46:06 UTC 2014

Alejandro,

If this is your work/production machine, I would advise you NOT to
perform upgrade _*testing*_ on the actual hardware.  You can install a
VirtualBox "machine" to simulate this effectively.  Yes, wait until the
release is final and please take care to first backup data to off-line
media (E.g. USB drive).  Always, periodically, backup data to off-line
devices.  Sorry if I sound like a "mother hen".

I personally use actual bare machines that I have because they are
spare/available and wiping them out does not bother me.  Also, there is
value in performing upgrade testing on a bare machine as opposed to a VM
(slightly different test sub-cases).

Good luck,

Richard

On 04/09/2014 01:37 PM, Alejandro Méndez A. wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I used the `update-manager -d' method. 
>
> My hardware is a Samsung laptop i7, Ati graphics, 1TB HDD.
>
> I did it in this machine, is not a vbox image. 
>
> There has to be something with the software I had installed or runnig.
> I closed everything but maybe somthing was running in the background.
>
> I will wait for 14.04 to officially come out and do a clean install
> since I can't mess up this computer because this is the machine I use
> to work.
>
> If there is something I can give you from my case to help, just ask.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
>
>
>
> 2014-04-09 18:59 GMT+02:00 Richard Elkins <richard.elkins at gmail.com
> <mailto:richard.elkins at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Alejandro,
>
>     How did you upgrade: `update-manager -d` or booting an ISO image
>     and select the upgrade option?  Please specify which method.
>     What hardware are you using?
>     Were you testing against actual hardware or in a virtual box?
>
>     Outline for upgrade using update-manager against 13.10:
>     1 - Do a ground-up install of 13.10 from CD or thumb-drive to the
>     HDD/SSD or use a virtual box item (less disruptive).
>     2 - Bring 13.10 installation up-to-date.
>     3 - In a terminal window, start `update-manager -d`.
>     4 - After a long update-manager run, did it work or did you see
>     failure?  If failure, report it against update-manager.
>
>     Outline for upgrade using 14.04 ISO image against 13.10:
>     1 - Do a ground-up install of 13.10 from CD or thumb-drive to the
>     HDD/SSD or use a virtual box item (less disruptive).
>     2 - Bring 13.10 installation up-to-date.
>     3 - Boot the 14.04 ISO image and perform an upgrade of the
>     existing 13.10 installation.
>     4 - When complete, did it work or did you see failure?  If
>     failure, report it against ubiquity.
>
>     The 2 outlines for upgrading 12.04.xx are essentially the same.
>
>     I did both methods (update-manager and ubiquity/ISO) and had no
>     issues with starting with 12.04.xx or 13.10.
>
>     Richard
>
>
>     On 04/09/2014 09:29 AM, Alejandro Méndez A. wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I've tried to update from 13.10 to contribute but I haven't had
>>     Tiago's luck. I've had some errors regarding gnumeric,
>>     xscreensaver, libc6.
>>
>>     Then another error said Could not install the upgrades
>>
>>     The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable
>>     state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a)
>>
>>     I press closed and immediately another message said that the
>>     update was complete but there were errors. I restarted and the
>>     lock screen have changed to the 14.04 one, then I got an error to
>>     report.
>>
>>     Now the machine works but the Xubuntu menu is the same as 13.10
>>     and so far I haven't found any other problem.
>>
>>     How could I finish the upgrade. It didn't finish it completed
>>     three quarters only.
>>
>>     Thank you.
>>
>>
>>     2014-04-09 16:20 GMT+02:00 Elfy <ub.untu at btinternet.com
>>     <mailto:ub.untu at btinternet.com>>:
>>
>>         On 09/04/14 14:55, Tiago Ribeiro wrote:
>>>         You welcome, Bruno. I just want to help :)
>>>
>>>         And yes. I did the proper report in the path you gave me and
>>>         with the machine specs.
>>>
>>>
>>>         Regards,
>>>         Tiago Ribeiro
>>>
>>         Thank you :)
>>
>>
>>         Elfy
>>
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