Upgrade from ubuntu-gnome 16.10 to 17.04 fails

[Albert Broomhead]

Reverts back to 16.10 after reporting the failure could be caused by

* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu"

The first two are not true.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-59.64-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 10 22:48:36 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-04 (584 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160225.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-10-10 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

You do have several packages installed that aren't from the official Ubuntu repositories

Obsolete: boot-repair boot-sav cordova-cli curlew dus freshplayerplugin gloobus-preview google-chrome-stable google-earth-stable guidus intel-linux-graphics-installer mkusb oracle-java8-installer sublime-text viber woeusb

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Reviewing the files from your upgrade attempt you seem to have enabled a PPA that provides Xorg packages. This will prevent the upgrade as that PPA contains different versions of packages essential to Ubuntu. The page, https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa, contains details on to how to revert to the official Xorg packages for the xorg-edgers PPA. Instructions for reverting to official Xorg packages should be similar for the PPA that you have enabled. Thanks.

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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1069133, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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[Albert Broomhead (albertbroomhead-8)]

Thanks for your reply. It now works
Removing the obsolete packages & ppa.s did fix it.... .. (& cleaning the
laptop's fans that were causing it overheat & shut down when it was trying
the failed upgrade)

On 10 October 2017 at 23:09, Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> wrote:

> You do have several packages installed that aren't from the official
> Ubuntu repositories
>
> Obsolete: boot-repair boot-sav cordova-cli curlew dus freshplayerplugin
> gloobus-preview google-chrome-stable google-earth-stable guidus intel-
> linux-graphics-installer mkusb oracle-java8-installer sublime-text
> viber woeusb
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722643
>
> Title:
> Upgrade from ubuntu-gnome 16.10 to 17.04 fails
>
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Reverts back to 16.10 after reporting the failure could be caused by
>
> * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
> * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
> * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu"
>
> The first two are not true.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-59.64-generic 4.8.17
> Uname: Linux 4.8.0-59-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
> Architecture: amd64
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Tue Oct 10 22:48:36 2017
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-04 (584 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64
> (20160225.1)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-10-10 (0 days ago)
> VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
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