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Romualdo (romualdo2) wrote : Re: [Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa

Thanks: "look in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ for an entry related to the PPA
(e.g. oibaf) and uncomment the lines pertaining to that PPA. After doing
that try running 'ppa-purge' again." OK

Em seg., 5 de abr. de 2021 às 11:39, Brian Murray <
<email address hidden>> escreveu:

> In the event that you have disabled the PPA repository the tool ppa-
> purge will not work. One way to enable it would be to look in
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ for an entry related to the PPA (e.g. oibaf)
> and uncomment the lines pertaining to that PPA. After doing that try
> running 'ppa-purge' again.
>
> In the event that doesn't work or you don't find a sources.list snippet
> relating to oibaf you could also try adding the PPA again with 'sudo
> apt-add-repository' and then run 'ppa-purge'.
>
> Finally, you could look in the attachments of the bug which you've
> submitted for "installed.pkgs" (located in
> VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz). In the installed.pkgs file
> you'll find a list of all the packages you have installed and in that
> file you'd want to search for pkgs with "oibaf" in the name. You could
> then try installing the official version of those packages but it'd
> likely be an arduous process as you'd need to sort out which order to
> install packages and the right versions.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1361953).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133
>
> Title:
> Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg
> from ppa
>
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Nexenta Operating System:
> New
>
> 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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> component=main; status=Triaged; importance=Medium; assignee=
> <email address hidden>;
> Launchpad-Bug: distribution=nexenta;
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