Ubuntu update overwrote (almost) entire home directory
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I'm not sure if this bug should be filed against the update-manager (if yes, the version is 1:18.04.11.4) or against any underlying update mechanism, but here it is:
Yesterday, an update for GNOME Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS was installed on my machine. The update, however, did not finish with the usual dialogue about restarting the system but displayed the dialogue you get when starting Ubuntu for the first time (selection of keyboard layout, enable/disable location services, etc.), the system then froze.
I restarted the machine and now almost all files in my home directory (and any other user's) are gone. The files that are still there are a single git repository inside ~/git (there have been 40+) and parts of miniconda inside ~/miniconda3/lib. I don't really see a pattern there.
I used TestDisk to browse my volumes and found that the files (or at least most directories on home level, many of them are now empty) are still present on /dev/dm-0 (or /dev/mapper/
I also created a post on Ask Ubuntu: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: update-manager 1:18.04.11.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Aug 25 14:22:39 2018
GsettingsChanges:
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-20 (338 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-05 (111 days ago)
| Marcel Wiedenmann (marcelw) wrote | #1 |
