22.04 to 23.10 upgrade fails: E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages

[Arvin Teymouri]

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy universe
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates universe
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-28.29~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 27 01:17:14 2024
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2024-04-27 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
 Start-Date: 2024-04-27 01:07:38
 Requested-By: vino (1000)
 End-Date: 2024-04-27 01:07:38
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
 Log started: 2024-04-27 01:07:38
 Log ended: 2024-04-27 01:07:38
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2024-04-27T00:38:32.936128

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

You seem to be running a desktop machine, but you have removed the ubuntu-desktop meta packages, hence it is trying to run in server mode. Please install ubuntu-desktop and then retry the upgrade.