Failed to Update to Kubuntu 9.10 from Kubuntu 9.04

[Dave Parker]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Don't know what the problem was, it was related to 'ddclient' error

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to this bugreport?

Thanks,
 Michael

[Dave Parker (davep-parker)]

Hello Michael,

Yes i have tried to attach all files from that location. There are three
folders in there as well (20091101-1316, 20091101-1317 and
20091101-1322) but they contain some or all of the same files as the
attached loose files i.e. apt.log, main.log and term log

I cannot attach the file 'apt-term.log' i receive an error message when
i try and also i cannot open it so i cannot copy the contents here either.

It might be me, i'm quite a newbie to Linux Ubuntu, but it seems to be
working correctly. I was confused when i first rebooted after the
distro-upgrade and was presented with a different login screen that
appeared to look incomplete.

I have booted tonight and it seems to be ok, i checked system settings
and it appears i have Ubuntu 9.10 listed there too.

Michael, if you have the time is there a site i can learn more about how
Linux actually works? I am quite used to Windows and registries etc, but
i'm puzzled with Linux. I guess unless you happened to be around in the
days of Unix systems of which i wasn't, its quite daunting, but i do
like the freedom of using an OS that sort of allows me to do what i want
without being tied to Microsoft.

thanks

Dave Parker

Michael Vogt wrote:
> Thanks for your bugreport.
>
> Could you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to this
> bugreport?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Won't Fix
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Won't Fix => Incomplete
>
>

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for the log files.

Unfortunately I don't know a good site to learn about ubuntu from ground up, I can only suggest specialized sites. A google search or a good unix book from the library will probably help to get a better understanding of the system. Its somewhat complex but worth learning and exploring :)

Here is the actual error:

2009-11-01 16:05:33,567 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'ddclient': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30

Setting up ddclient (3.8.0-4ubuntu1) ...^M
dpkg: error processing ddclient (--configure):^M
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30^M

Your system should be mostly fine, its just a dynamic dns package that failed.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Did see something about a broken config during the upgrade? It seems like it "warns" and fails (where it should warn, move the broken file aside and continue).

[Dave Parker (davep-parker)]

Hello Michael,

Thanks for reviewing the bug report. I do seem to get a few crashes
especially with Dolphin running. Is there a way to roll-back to the
previous version of Ubuntu and then reload Ubuntu 9.10?

Also i remember that i tried to Upgrade to Kubuntu 9.10 and not Ubuntu
9.10, i don't know if this makes a difference to the installation, but i
do notice now (and in the error report) that Ubuntu 9.10 is installed

thanks for your help and advice

Michael Vogt wrote:
> Did see something about a broken config during the upgrade? It seems
> like it "warns" and fails (where it should warn, move the broken file
> aside and continue).
>
>

[Richard Hansen (rhansen)]

The logs do not contain enough information, and this is a really ancient bug report with no recent activity, so I am closing as invalid.