Wanna add one thing.....

Thanks God, I DID manage to read and write my 128 GB Ventoy USB. I already
copied the ISO to it from Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.I

However, I cannot read the 2 and 4 GB USB devices I am using for backup
purposes. This is one of the reasons, I have decided to carry out a fresh
install of the latest Kubuntu LTS at my system.

Yours.

Bas.

Yours.

Bas.

Op za 27 apr 2024 om 16:45 schreef Bas Roufs <email address hidden>:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Upgrade problem caused by many mistakes and broken packages.
>
> Bug report 27 April 2024.in
>
> From Bas Roufs for Kubuntu developers.
>
> Mook, near Nijmegen, NL, 27 April 2024.
>
> Hello Everybody.
>
> Only a few weeks ago, I installed Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS at my Lenovo
> Thinkpad X230 i5, 4GB RAM and 250 GB SSD at present. In a few weeks from
> now, I'll go to a computer repair shop that will add an extra SSD of 1
> GB and 2 DDR 3, 1600 Mhz memory banks - with a view to getting 16 GB
> RAM.
>
> My idea was the following....
>
> STEP 1.
> Prepare a system with the all the packages and languages modules I need
> for 10 languages - spell and grammar check, etc.
>
> STEP 2.
> Upgrade from Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS to Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.
> However, it has become clear to me that a direct, automatic upgrade from
> the previous LTS to the current one is only possible after the issue of
> Kubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on 15 August 2024. This is way too late for me and in
> the middle of my holiday period.
> So, I have considered the option to make first an upgrade to Kubuntu
> 23.10, after which I would upgrade to 24.04. However, this attempt ended up
> in many, many complications as summarised here.
>
> STEP 3.
> Attempt to prepare a data only backup via Backintime or Luckybackup.
> However, Backintime seemingly caused complications as summarised below.
>
> STEP 3A.
> Attempt to prepare a system backup via Timeshift. However, this is too
> complicated for now - I'll start using Timeshift after getting the new 1 TB
> SSD. The old 250 GB SSD, I want to use for the Timeshift system-backup. My
> practice experience makes me clear that Timeshift is NOT AT ALL good for
> migration from one disk or one laptop to another.
>
> STEP 3B.
> Prepare migration from the smaller to the bigger SSD: via a compressed
> CloneZilla ISO image of the whole SSD at a Ventoy USB. Like this, I wanted
> to port all the packages, language modules, etc. to the bigger, new SSD.
> However, because of the complications summarised below, I need to make a
> fresh new install of, in this case, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS even before getting
> the hard ware upgrades: the extra SSD and RAM memory. With the language
> modules, packages, etc., I need to start again after fresh-installing
> «Noble Numbat».
>
> On the other hand, I stick to the plan to create a CloneZilla ISO: a
> compressed version of the contents my whole small 250 GB SDD. Like this,
> I want to get all the language settings, etc. to the new configuration
> after getting the new 1 TB SSD.
>
> STEP 3C.
> After getting the new SSD and RAM memory.... Installing the whole system
> and all data from the CloneZilla ISO.
>
> COMPLICATIONS EVER SINCE THURSDAY 25-04-2024.
>
> After installing Backintime, for the data only backup, the system does not
> 'see' anymore my 4 TB external hard disks, formatted in EXT4. Also a 2 TB
> USB stick formatted in FAT32 can not be used any more. Note - I am using
> USB 3.0 ports.....
> So, I uninstalled again Backintime. However, this uninstallit ment action
> does not help. My system still does not "see" USB devices.
>
> That's why, I have copied some provisional data backups to Wetransfer.
> ASAP after fresh-installing Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, I'll retrieve my recent
> data from there.
>
> On Thursday, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS has been released. However, I do not manage
> to upgrade to it. That's why, I did several attempts to upgrade to Kubuntu
> 23.10, prior to upgrading to the newest LTS version. However, because of my
> ppa backports, I was not able to do an upgrade.
> So, I have removed the backports and also Flatpak - via the package
> managers at my system.
>
> However, those efforts did not help. Several attempts to upgrade to
> 23.10 ended up like this:
>
> «(...)
> bas@Camino:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> ERROR:root:getting the encoding failed
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py",
> line 39, in <module>
>     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.10/locale.py", line 620, in setlocale
>     return _setlocale(category, locale)
> locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
>
> = Welcome to Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' =
>
> The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur'.
>
> (...ETC.....)
>
> Could not determine the upgrade
>
> An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
>
> If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
> command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If
> you want to investigate this yourself the log files in
> '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade.
> Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'.
>
>
> Restoring original system state
>
> Aborting
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> bas@Camino:~$
> (...)»
>
> I have been checking main.log and apt.log as well as some other logs in
> '/var/log/dist-upgrade'
> Main problem - too many broken packages and depencies.
>
> What to do next?
> One option is seemingly not a realist option. I have considered to try to
> use the Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS ISO at my Ventoy stick to fix the many broken
> packages. However, this is simply to complicated and time consuming.
>
> That's why, I have downloaded via KTorrent the Kubuntu 24.04 LTS ISO
> that is available now. I gonna put it at the same Ventoy stick, after
> which I fresh-install this new LTS. I'll do so after submitting this
> error report.
>
> Via this terminal code I have unleashed this bug report:
>
> ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
>
> Like this, you'll get recent info from this folder:
> /var/log/dist-upgrade
>
> However, I feel it is better that you'll info from ALL my upgrade
> attempts from Friday 26 April 2024. That's why, I have copied the whole
> directory /var/log/dist-upgrade/ - along with all subdirectories and
> files, alltogether a bit less then 2 MB. Together with the bug report, I
> send you a ZIP file that contains the whole story.
>
> Thanks for considering this report.
>
>
> Yours.
>
> Bas Roufs.
>
> 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
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CrashReports:
>  640:0:124:197547:2024-04-26 18:10:11.686690723 +0200:2024-04-26
> 18:10:11.682690716 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.crash
>  640:1000:124:14696112:2024-04-25 20:24:56.972544146 +0200:2024-04-25
> 20:24:54.724407253
> +0200:/var/crash/_usr_share_backintime_qt_app.py.1000.crash
> CurrentDesktop: KDE
> Date: Sat Apr 27 15:29:26 2024
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-02 (24 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64
> (20240216.1)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2024-04-26 (0 days ago)
> mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades:
> 2024-04-26T17:36:58.697388
>
> ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy
>
> ** Attachment added: "All the error reports related to fruitless attempts
> to upgrade from Kubuntu 22.04.4. LTS to Kubuntu 23.10."
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063952/+attachment/5771645/+files/dist-upgrade.zip
>
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Bas G. Roufs

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Bas G. Roufs MA
Rijksweg 66a
NL-6585 AG Mook
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Mook ligt ca. 10 km. ten zuiden van Nijmegen en 10 km. ten oosten van de
Duitse grens.
Uitspraak -ou- in achternaam «Roufs»: zoals in «bouwen».

Mook is about 10 km. south of Nijmegen and 10 km west of the German border.
Pronunciatiation -ou- family name «Roufs»: like in «about».