Lubuntu 22.04 LTS LiveCD consistent crash since Aug 2023

[Ram]

Reproducing the issue is very simple.

1. Boot a LiveUSB drive with Lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

2. Once it starts, do "cat /etc/apt/sources.lst" to see :
deb cdrom:[Lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS _Jammy Jellyfish_ - Release amd64 (20230807)]/ jammy main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

3. sudo apt update
This shows some errors among other successful updates :
Err:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libc-dev-bin amd64 2.35-0ubuntu3.1
  404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
Err:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libc6-dev amd64 2.35-0ubuntu3.1
  404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
Err:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libc-devtools amd64 2.35-0ubuntu3.1
  404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
Err:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 linux-libc-dev amd64 5.15.0-78.85
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.81 80]
Fetched 73.1 MB in 12s (6,337 kB/s)
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc-dev-bin_2.35-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_5.15.0-78.85_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.81 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.35-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc-devtools_2.35-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

4. sudo apt install pychess

The GIU will crash and shows messages like :
integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65
[FAILED] Failed to setup automunt Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[FAILED] Failed to start User Manager for UID 999
[FAILED] Failed to start Regular background program processing daemon
systemd-journald[873]: Failed to send WATCHDOG=1 notification message: Transport endpoint not connected
[FAILED] Failed to start Snap Daemon
[FAILED] Failed to start Bluetooth service
[FAILED] Failed to start Avahi mDNS service

This issue started only in the past month or so - earlier the same steps were working just fine.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 2037770

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Bug reporting is about finding & fixing problems thus preventing future users from hitting the same bug. Your issue appears to be network related, thus a support issue.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

[Ram (rgkrishn)]

Sorry not sure how this got logged in lubuntu-meta as this is direct run of LiveCD USB of lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and it says lubunut-meta package is not installed. Please assign bug to base lubuntu.

Also once the crash happens I have not found any way to get back to the command line or GUI. Even short press on power button or ctrl-alt-F3 does not help and since this is running from liveCD USB there are no crash logs etc. left after hard reboot.

Reproducing this is easy.