Upgrade from 14.04.4→ 16.04 dies midway taking out the session.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
dbus (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
systemd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
STEPS:
1. Install 14.04.4 on a uefi securebooted system
2. update it
3. Install openssh-server for debug access
4. reboot
5. Hit alt+f2
6. Type update-manager -d and hit enter
EXPECTED:
I expected a smooth transition to 16.04
ACTUAL:
System is completely taken out mid way through the process killing the session and x also no tty when hitting ctrl+alt+f1-6
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TESTS RESULTS (from cyphermox):
On amd64 (no EFI) under qemu/libvirt, qxl graphics:
- upgrading just libglib2.0-0 from 16.04 on top of 14.04.4: PASS
- upgrading ubuntu-desktop (running gnome-shell) 14.04.4 to 16.04: PASS
- upgrading ubuntu-desktop (running xubuntu-session) 14.04.4 to 16.04: PASS
- manually upgrading compiz and other packages to 16.04 versions; after adding xenial sources:
- compiz and related packages (http://
- xserver-xorg and related: PASS
- unity and related: PASS
- ubuntu-desktop: PASS
- libgl1-mesa-dri: PASS
- apt-get dist-upgrade: FAIL (screensaver may have kicked in)
- standard upgrading 14.04.4 to 16.04; screensaver disabled: FAIL (looked fine, but upgrade eventually froze, might well be a different issue)
- re-enabling screensaver after upgrade, before reboot: TODO (above failed)
On ppc64el:
- upgrading ubuntu-server 14.04.4 -> 16.04: PASS
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Wed Mar 9 17:01:27 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-04 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20160224)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: ubuntu-
Symptom: ubuntu-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-09 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgra
tags: | added: 1604-upgrade |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
no longer affects: | compiz (Ubuntu) |
Changed in systemd (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in dbus (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in systemd (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti) |
Changed in dbus (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
assignee: | Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) → nobody |
Changed in dbus (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in systemd (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Happens on both hardware and kvm