[kubuntu] upgrade from feisty to gutsy -> So many problems.
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Bug Description
Summary: [kubuntu] upgrade from feisty to gutsy problems.
I just followed up the instructions for a graphical dist-upgrade from feisty to gutsy using the new kubuntu distribution upgrade tool.
The procedure was straight forward without errors but after the restart the the troubles began...
adept_notifier icon is on my systray says that 54 packages needs to be updated.
If i do a "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" from the konsole I get the following that wants to uninstall all my system....
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adept adept-batch adept-common adept-installer adept-manager adept-notifier adept-updater akregator alien amarok amarok-xine amule apparmor-utils apport-qt
ark arts artsbuilder audacity autoconf autoconf2.13 automake1.7 automake1.9 autopano-sift avidemux bluez-cups build-essential cedega-small
compiz-
cupsys-
eclipse-rcp eclipse-source firefox fontconfig fontconfig-config foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-filters gdebi-kde ghostscript ghostscript-x
gimp gkrellm gnome-keyring googleearth googleearth-package gs-common gs-esp gs-esp-x gsfonts gsfonts-x11 gstreamer0.
hpijs hplip hugin hugin-bin hugin-tools hwdb-client-kde intltool-debian j2re1.4-
katapult kate kbstate kcontrol kcron kde-guidance kde-guidance-
kdebase-
kdenetwork-
kexi kfind kftpgrabber kghostview khelpcenter khexedit kicker kio-apt kio-locate kio-umountwrapper kipi-plugins klipper kmag kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmilo
kmines kmix kmousetool kmplayer-base kmplayer-
konsole kontact konversation kooka kopete korganizer kpdf kpf kppp krdc krec krfb krita kscreensaver ksmserver ksnapshot ksplash ksplash-
ksudoku ksvg ksysguard ksystemlog ktorrent kubuntu-
kwin-
libcairomm-
libgail-common libgail18 libgdiplus libgimp2.0 libglade2-0 libglade2-dev libglade2.0-cil libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglademm-2.4-dev libgnome-keyring0
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomeui-0 libgpod2 libgs8 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-cil libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtkmm-2.4-dev libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-
libkleopatra1 libkmime2 libkonq4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1 libksieve0 libktnef1 liblaunchpad-
libmlt0.2.4 libmono-
libpoppler-qt2 libpoppler2 libqt-perl libqt0-ruby1.8 libqt3-mt libqt4-core libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql librpc-xml-perl librsvg2-2
librsvg2-common libsexy2 libskim0 libsmokeqt1 libswt3.2-gtk-java libswt3.2-gtk-jni libterm-
libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.8-0 libxft-dev libxft2 libxml-parser-perl lm-sensors mencoder mjpegtools mozilla-
mozilla-mplayer mozilla-plugin-vlc mozilla-thunderbird mplayer mplayer-fonts msttcorefonts mysql-client mysql-client-5.0 nerolinux network-manager-kde
networkstatus nspluginwrapper ntp nvidia-glx-new openoffice.org-calc openoffice.
openoffice.
openoffice.
picwiz pinentry-qt pnm2ppa po-debconf poppler-utils python-cairo python-glade2 python-gtk2 python-kde3 python-qt3 python-qt4 python-qt4-dbus python-uno
qalculate qalculate-gtk qca-tls qt4-dev-tools restricted-
software-
ttf-arabeyes ttf-arphic-ukai ttf-arphic-uming ttf-baekmuk ttf-bengali-fonts ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra
ttf-devanagar
ttf-lao ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-mgopen ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-punjabi-fonts ttf-tamil-fonts ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-thai-tlwg ttf-unfonts-core tvtime
ubuntu-minimal vlc vnc-common vncserver wireshark x-ttcidfont-conf xbase-clients xchat xclock xfd xlogo xml-core xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files bash bluez-utils compiz-core console-tools coreutils dash gcc-4.2-base initscripts language-pack-en language-
language-
openoffice.
29 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 439 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 1706MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
So that solution was totally unacceptable.
Then I opened adept for the update, downloaded the 54 packages but it stopped during the installation with an error that unfortunately I don`t remeber what it said.. (Something that it will break some other packages I think.)
After that, adept_manager is no longer starts. It opens by saying "Database Locked" and it has some options if I would like adept to try solve this problem, but if I click yes the KDE Crash handler instantly comes up and in the backtrace tab it has the following:
This backtrace appears to be of no use.
This is probably because your packages are built in a way which prevents creation of proper backtraces, or the stack frame was seriously corrupted in the crash.
(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread
If I try a dist-upgrade from the console I get this:
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
Finally I ran the command "dpkg --configure -a", it configured the packages adept left unconfigured and finally ended like this:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up volumeid (113-0ubuntu13) ...
/var/lib/
dpkg: error processing volumeid (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
udev depends on volumeid (= 113-0ubuntu13); however:
Package volumeid is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing udev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 0.086-1); however:
Package udev is not configured yet.
initramfs-tools depends on volumeid; however:
Package volumeid is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
volumeid
udev
initramfs-tools
Final thoughts....
A Total trouble for me the upgrade procedure...
It should be more stable or totally not recommended especially for the new users with little or no experience on linux.
Something like this would absolutely push them away from kubuntu :(
First you should remember that gutsy is not finished yet, so upgrading from feisty to gutsy at the moment is not a good idea for "new" users. Today there are a lot packages in the build-queue, so it may be that not every dependency is resolved. Doing an apt-get dist-upgrade in such a state is likely to break the entire system. The problem you encountered while upgrading is due to a bug in the udev-package, which is now is fixed but maybe not yet published. Please have a look at bug #146513 for further information.