The summary to this is incorrect or incomplete.

The issue for me was that gstreamer was failing the upgrade.  Once I purged
that from the system it was able to do-release-upgrade.  Nvidia might have
been an issue but it was the attempt after apt purge gstreamer* that worked

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Unable to run do-release-upgrade
> + Unable to upgrade to artful with nvidia-libopencl1-304 and virt-viewer
> installed
>
> ** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided
>        Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => High
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
>      Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726180
>
> Title:
>   Unable to upgrade to artful with nvidia-libopencl1-304 and virt-viewer
>   installed
>
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu:
>   Triaged
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>    do-release-upgrade
>   Checking for a new Ubuntu release
>   Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]
>   Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,255 kB]
>   Fetched 1,256 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
>   authenticate 'artful.tar.gz' against 'artful.tar.gz.gpg'
>   extracting 'artful.tar.gz'
>
>   Reading cache
>
>   Checking package manager
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree
>   Reading state information... Done
>   Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
>   Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2
> kB]
>   Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
> [89.2 kB]
>   Hit http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
>   Fetched 178 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree
>   Reading state information... Done
>
>   Updating repository information
>   Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease [237 kB]
>   Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
> [65.4 kB]
>   Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
> [65.5 kB]
>   Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease [65.5
> kB]
>   Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe Sources
> [8,721 kB]
>   Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main Sources [849 kB]
>   Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse Sources
> [182 kB]
>   Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted Sources
> [5,392 B]
>   Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages
> [1,067 kB]
>   Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
> [1,071 kB]
>   Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main Translation-en
> [542 kB]
>   Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 DEP-11
> Metadata [397 kB]
>   Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main DEP-11 64x64
> Icons [263 kB]
>   Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted i386
> Packages [8,876 B]
>   Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted amd64
> Packages [8,852 B]
>   Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted
> Translation-en [2,788 B]
>   Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe i386
> Packages [8,066 kB]
>   Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64
> Packages [8,103 kB]
>   Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe
> Translation-en [4,789 kB]
>   Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 DEP-11
> Metadata [2,845 kB]
>   Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe DEP-11 64x64
> Icons [7,915 kB]
>   Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse amd64
> Packages [150 kB]
>   Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse i386
> Packages [143 kB]
>   Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse
> Translation-en [108 kB]
>   Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse amd64
> DEP-11 Metadata [43.8 kB]
>   Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse DEP-11
> 64x64 Icons [207 kB]
>   Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main Sources
> [808 B]
>   Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main
> Translation-en [316 B]
>   Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe
> Translation-en [296 B]
>   Fetched 45.9 MB in 6s (7,449 kB/s)
>
>   Checking package manager
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree
>   Reading state information... Done
>
>   Calculating the changes
>
>   Calculating the changes
>
>   Could not calculate the upgrade
>
>   An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
>
>   This can be caused by:
>   * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
>   * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
>   * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
>
>   If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
>   command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.
>
>
>   Restoring original system state
>
>   Aborting
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree
>   Reading state information... Done
>   ---
>   :/var/log/dist-upgrade# more main.log
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,432 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg']'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,432 INFO uname information: 'Linux classroom
> 4.10.0-37-gener
>   ic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 6 20:20:37 UTC 2017 x86_64'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,876 INFO apt version: '1.4.6~17.04.1'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,876 INFO python version: '3.5.3 (default, Sep 14
> 2017, 22:58
>   :41)
>   [GCC 6.3.0 20170406]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,880 INFO release-upgrader version '17.10.7' started
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,888 INFO locale: 'en_US' 'UTF-8'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:16,895 INFO screen could not be run
>   2017-10-22 19:59:17,120 DEBUG Using 'DistUpgradeViewText' view
>   2017-10-22 19:59:17,179 DEBUG enable dpkg --force-overwrite
>   2017-10-22 19:59:17,213 DEBUG creating statefile:
> '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clo
>   ne_system_state.tar.gz'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,813 DEBUG lsb-release: 'zesty'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,813 DEBUG _pythonSymlinkCheck run
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG openCache()
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG No such plugin directory: ./plugins
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG plugins for condition 'PreCacheOpen' are
> '[]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG plugins for condition 'artfulPreCacheOpen'
> are '[]
>   '
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG plugins for condition
> 'from_zestyPreCacheOpen' are
>    '[]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG quirks: running PreCacheOpen
>   2017-10-22 19:59:22,814 DEBUG running Quirks.PreCacheOpen
>   2017-10-22 19:59:23,612 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87618
>   2017-10-22 19:59:23,613 DEBUG need_server_mode(): run in 'desktop' mode,
> (becaus
>   e of pkg 'ubuntu-desktop')
>   2017-10-22 19:59:23,613 DEBUG checkViewDepends()
>   2017-10-22 19:59:23,613 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=False)
>   2017-10-22 19:59:24,500 DEBUG openCache()
>   2017-10-22 19:59:25,304 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87618
>   2017-10-22 19:59:25,304 DEBUG doPostInitialUpdate
>   2017-10-22 19:59:25,304 DEBUG plugins for condition 'PostInitialUpdate'
> are '[]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:25,305 DEBUG plugins for condition
> 'artfulPostInitialUpdate' ar
>   e '[]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:25,305 DEBUG plugins for condition
> 'from_zestyPostInitialUpdate
>   ' are '[]'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:28,492 DEBUG MetaPkgs: ubuntu-desktop
>   2017-10-22 19:59:34,072 DEBUG Foreign:
>   2017-10-22 19:59:34,072 DEBUG Obsolete: gir1.2-vte-2.90
> google-chrome-stable gst
>   reamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstr
>   eamer0.10-plugins-ugly landscape-client-ui-install libbind9-90
> libcolamd2.8.0 li
>   bdns100 libdvdcss2 libelfg0 libgee2 libglew1.10 libglewmx1.10
> libgnutls-deb0-28
>   libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
> libgstreamer0.10-
>   0 libimobiledevice4 libisc95 libisccc90 libisccfg90 libjasper1
> libllvm3.4 liblou
>   is2 liblwres90 libpng12-0 libpocketsphinx1 libprocps3
> libschroedinger-1.0-0 libs
>   lv2-9 libsoundtouch0 libsphinxbase1 libunityvoice1 libusbmuxd2 libvpx2
> libvte-2.
>   90-9 libvte-2.90-common libwildmidi1 libx264-146 libxtables10
> linux-image-3.13.0
>   -53-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-53-generic skypeforlinux
> ttf-indic-fonts-co
>   re unity-scope-guayadeque unity-voice-service
>   2017-10-22 19:59:34,073 DEBUG updateSourcesList()
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,295 DEBUG rewriteSourcesList() with mirror_check
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,295 DEBUG ['ubuntu-minimal', 'ubuntu-standard']
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,295 DEBUG Checking pkg: ubuntu-minimal
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,297 DEBUG Checking pkg: ubuntu-standard
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,299 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty-updates main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful-updates main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty-updates main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful-updates main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,300 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty-updates universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful-updates universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty-updates universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful-updates universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,301 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty-updates multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful-updates multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty-updates multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful-updates multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt
>   u/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,302 DEBUG entry 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu/ ar
>   tful-backports main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u
>   buntu/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG entry 'deb-src
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   / artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new
> dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   zesty-security main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu artfu
>   l-security main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubu
>   ntu zesty-security main restricted'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG entry 'deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu a
>   rtful-security main restricted' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   zesty-security universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu artfu
>   l-security universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,303 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubu
>   ntu zesty-security universe'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,304 DEBUG entry 'deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu a
>   rtful-security universe' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,304 DEBUG examining: 'deb
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>   zesty-security multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,304 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu artfu
>   l-security multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,304 DEBUG examining: 'deb-src
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubu
>   ntu zesty-security multiverse'
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,304 DEBUG entry 'deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/
> ubuntu a
>   rtful-security multiverse' updated to new dist
>   2017-10-22 19:59:43,307 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)
>   2017-10-22 20:00:00,058 DEBUG openCache()
>   2017-10-22 20:00:00,059 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked)
>   2017-10-22 20:00:00,849 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87655
>   2017-10-22 20:00:00,850 DEBUG need_server_mode(): run in 'desktop' mode,
> (becaus
>   e of pkg 'ubuntu-desktop')
>   2017-10-22 20:00:01,362 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error,
> pkgProblemResolver:
>   :Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'
>   2017-10-22 20:00:01,367 DEBUG abort called
>   2017-10-22 20:00:01,368 DEBUG openCache()
>   2017-10-22 20:00:01,368 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked)
>   2017-10-22 20:00:03,735 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87618
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
>   Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:17.04.9
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41-generic 4.10.17
>   Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CrashDB: ubuntu
>   Date: Sun Oct 22 20:00:28 2017
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (1284 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20140417)
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm-256color
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-10-23 (0 days ago)
>
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