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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

Cannot calculate the upgrade from 16.04 to 17.04

Bug #1727452 reported by Sarang-manohar
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Bug Description

$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Upgrades to the development release are only
available from the latest supported release.

$ update-manager
/usr/bin/update-manager:28: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UnitySupport.py:29: PyGIWarning: Dbusmenu was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Dbusmenu', '0.4') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Dbusmenu, Unity
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UnitySupport.py:29: PyGIWarning: Unity was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Unity', '7.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Dbusmenu, Unity
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcher.py:23: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/ReleaseNotesViewerWebkit.py:33: PyGIWarning: WebKit2 was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import WebKit2 as WebKit
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
authenticate 'zesty.tar.gz' against 'zesty.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'zesty.tar.gz'

(appstreamcli:26816): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:26816): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:26816): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:26816): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

Additional info :

$ sudo apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:16.04.22
  Candidate: 1:16.04.22
  Version table:
 *** 1:16.04.22 500
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:16.04.12 500
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

$ uname -a
Linux Puja-Sarang 4.4.0-97-generic #120-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 19 17:28:18 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Oct 25 22:56:23 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-24 (305 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-10-25 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2017-10-25T22:07:28.669132

Revision history for this message
Sarang-manohar (sarang-manohar) wrote :
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: xenial2zesty
Revision history for this message
Sarang-manohar (sarang-manohar) wrote :

I tired purging ppa's using sudo apt-get purge <package-name>.

After which the installation progressed all the way till "Installing the upgrades". Then I received another error as detailed below.

"Could not install '/var/cahce/apt/archives/dictionaries-common_1.27.2_all.deb

The upgrade will continue but the '/var/cahce/apt/archives/dictionaries-common_1.27.2_all.deb' package may not be in a working state. Please consider raising a bug'

unable to clean up mess surrounding './var/lib/ispell/RADME' before installing another version: Read-only file system'

At this point, I tried taking a screenshot but the Sreenshot app wasn't starting up. Neither Chrome nor Mozilla was starting up.

I hit "OK" after that but then I got another message saying the installation was not complete and it will roll back to the original state.

Then I received a message saying the rollback wasn't successful and the system may be unstable.

I restarted the system. During restart, I ended up on Busybox command line screen.

I ran "exit" command and then ran fsck /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root. Fixed all the issues. Then rebooted the system. I entered the password to crypt the hard drive. Post which the OS load seems to be stuck on a black screen with only mouse cursor and nothing else. The cursor seems to respond to input but nothing else happens.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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