Activity log for bug #571985

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf bug added bug
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added A photo of the error dialogue http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46437960/Error%20during%20distro%20upgrade%20in%20ubuntu.jpg
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436406/BootDmesg.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436407/CurrentDmesg.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436408/Dependencies.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added GdmLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436409/GdmLog.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added GdmLog1.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436410/GdmLog1.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added GdmLog2.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436411/GdmLog2.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added Lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436412/Lspci.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added PciDisplay.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436413/PciDisplay.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added ProcCpuinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436414/ProcCpuinfo.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added ProcInterrupts.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436415/ProcInterrupts.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added ProcModules.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436416/ProcModules.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added RelatedPackageVersions.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436417/RelatedPackageVersions.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added UdevDb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436418/UdevDb.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added UdevLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436419/UdevLog.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436420/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436421/VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436422/VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436423/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436424/VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436425/VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added XorgConf.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436426/XorgConf.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added XorgLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436427/XorgLog.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added XorgLogOld.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436428/XorgLogOld.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added Xrandr.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436429/Xrandr.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added glxinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436430/glxinfo.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added setxkbmap.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436431/setxkbmap.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added xdpyinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436432/xdpyinfo.txt
2010-04-30 01:59:12 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment added xkbcomp.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46436434/xkbcomp.txt
2010-04-30 02:00:32 Jesse Noordegraaf description Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to start. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...) Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg: Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf@gmail.com. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may now be unstable. Thank you very much, although I am not impressed at the fact that the upgrade failed and I might have to re-install my system. I'm most definitely backing up my home folder before I do ANYTHING. And THAT alone may take a LONG. TIME. :( ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb: Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc. Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...) Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:   Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf@gmail.com. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may now be unstable. Thank you very much, although I am not impressed at the fact that the upgrade failed and I might have to re-install my system. I'm most definitely backing up my home folder before I do ANYTHING. And THAT alone may take a LONG. TIME. :( ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus:  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage:  ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb:  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: lucid  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic
2010-04-30 03:14:45 Jesse Noordegraaf visibility private public
2010-04-30 17:43:40 Jesse Noordegraaf description Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...) Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:   Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf@gmail.com. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may now be unstable. Thank you very much, although I am not impressed at the fact that the upgrade failed and I might have to re-install my system. I'm most definitely backing up my home folder before I do ANYTHING. And THAT alone may take a LONG. TIME. :( ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus:  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage:  ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb:  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: lucid  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...) Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:   Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf@gmail.com. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may now be unstable. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus:  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage:  ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb:  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: lucid  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic
2010-05-01 15:14:27 Jean-Baptiste Lallement dpkg (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2010-05-01 15:14:42 Jean-Baptiste Lallement marked as duplicate 572566
2011-04-09 19:43:40 Jesse Noordegraaf removed subscriber Jesse Noordegraaf
2013-04-19 06:47:28 Jesse Noordegraaf description Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting 3 hours for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember] something-or-other, but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. (It's in the window beneath this one. I dare not minimize Firefox... yet...) Ubuntu Guidelines recommend that I give the following information: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't even know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:   Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see wayyyy above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. I've taken (a) photo(s) of the error dialogue(s) I received. I can email them to [who?] if they're interested. Please get back to me if you can regarding that at jesse.noordegraaf@gmail.com. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification (see wayyyy above) that my system may now be unstable. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus:  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage:  ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb:  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: lucid  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic Binary package hint: dpkg This is the error I got (see Summary) after waiting for 10.04 to install. The warning dialogue says something about 10.04 failing to install and my system possibly being in an unstable, unusable state. It was rather intimidating, and unfortunately I didn't write down everything exactly. It said something about launching a recovery [console? service? I can't remember], but Firefox interrupted with Launchpad because I had chosen to report the error. Well, I'm submitting this, and then I'm going to see what that Recovery part was all about. Here is the information that the Ubuntu Guidelines recommend I give: -Release: System > About Ubuntu tells me 10.04 since the install just went (but apparently failed?). Actually, I guess it's 9.10. -I don't know the version of the package. I don't actually know what package failed. I'm assuming it was dpkg, since that's what was automatically filled in when I reached this page. (I reached this page via the "Report Problem" button, I think.) If it's dpkg, then "apt-cache policy dpkg" tells me "dpkg:   Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status " -I expected 10.04 to continue with installation -Instead, I received some errors (see above), and finally ended up at this page, where I'm reporting the issue. Please note that I am checking the "security vulnerability" checkbox because I received notification that my system may now be unstable. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 18:27:08 2010 DkmsStatus:  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed  nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.31-20-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage:  ErrorMessage: package xserver-xorg-core is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb:  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0a0c Logitech, Inc.  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: MSI MS-7236 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=5594a34c-b94a-435e-afa1-d72cdf83f48a ro vga=795 quiet splash SourcePackage: dpkg Title: package xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080012 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7236 dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.2 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd09/11/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7236:pvr2.2:rvnMSI:rnMS-7236:rvr2.2:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-7236 dmi.product.version: 2.2 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: lucid  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic
2013-04-19 06:50:57 Jesse Noordegraaf attachment removed A photo of the error dialogue https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/571985/+attachment/1358646/+files/Error%20during%20distro%20upgrade%20in%20ubuntu.jpg