Comment 31 for bug 1069133

I also did a clean install.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Yann Lossouarn <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> @tasgo : I just followed the procedure explained at askubuntu, without
> success : the upgrade still fails with the same error message... :/
>
> @michael-ransbottom : I suspected that, but even after adding the
> xorg-edgers PPA like this :
> '
> '
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install <package name>
> '
> '
> ... when trying to install the 'xorg-server' package, I still get messages
> like "Impossible to find the packet xorg-server".
>
> HOWEVER I decided to remove the libkms1 packet, and then after
> reactivating the xorg-edgers repository, the ppa-purge seems to run
> ok... I will take you informed if I succeed in upgrading 13.10 to 14.04
> after that... :)
>
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>
> Title:
> Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg
> from ppa
>
> Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> TEST CASE:
> 1. Install a minimal Saucy amd64 (lxc container or VM)
> 2. Install software-properties-common if it is not already installed and
> enable xorg-edgers PPA:
> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
> 3. Install the task ubuntu-desktop
> $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^
> 4. Upgrade:
> $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d
>
> ACTUAL RESULT:
> Upgrade fails because it refuses to break the ABI of xorg.
>
> == Original Description ==
> Gets to the upgrade stage Setting new Software channels and the error
> window comes up on the Calculating the Changes part. Have got all security
> updates for 12.04 on and restarted but it still comes up. Using the proper
> software channels.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.26-generic 3.5.5
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Oct 20 17:16:19 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120425)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago)
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