Major crash on update from Ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04

[Mackram]

Updating my machine form ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04 resulted in several major crashes. I have reported today several issues as separate bugs only to find the damage has gone beyond a few unconfigured applications. Booting into my machine showed the following:

1- Update-manager package is no longer there. It is not possible to launch update-manager from shell
2- sudo command is no longer there. It is not possible to issue commands with sudo. Only way to use root is to login with him at shell
3- Graphical login is not possible. The X system well not take you beyond the Password page.
4- Configuring X Graphical settings shows constant failure when clicking the button "Test" even though the settings work. (Side note Graphical settings crash on the live cd will place bug for that alone)
5- USB mouse is undetectable.

(I am not sure of what else is broken)

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

How did you do the update?

[Mackram (mackram)]

I did the update through the update manager. I called the command
"update-manager -d -c" and then I clicked the update to Ubuntu 8.04.

Hope that helps.

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Wouter Stomp <email address hidden> wrote:

> How did you do the update?
>
> --
> Major crash on update from Ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194469
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Updating my machine form ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04 resulted in several major
> crashes. I have reported today several issues as separate bugs only to find
> the damage has gone beyond a few unconfigured applications. Booting into my
> machine showed the following:
>
> 1- Update-manager package is no longer there. It is not possible to launch
> update-manager from shell
> 2- sudo command is no longer there. It is not possible to issue commands
> with sudo. Only way to use root is to login with him at shell
> 3- Graphical login is not possible. The X system well not take you beyond
> the Password page.
> 4- Configuring X Graphical settings shows constant failure when clicking
> the button "Test" even though the settings work. (Side note Graphical
> settings crash on the live cd will place bug for that alone)
> 5- USB mouse is undetectable.
>
> (I am not sure of what else is broken)
>

--
Mackram Raydan

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

This looks like a bug in python-central that got fixed a couple of days ago:

2008-02-22 04:49:35,106 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb': 'subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
'
...

Preparing to replace python-apt 0.6.16.2ubuntu8.1 (using .../python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1594, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1588, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1070, in run
    runtimes = get_installed_runtimes()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 199, in get_installed_runtimes
    default_version = pyversions.default_version(version_only=True)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 129, in default_version
    if not _default_version in (debian_default, os.path.join('/usr/bin', debian_default)):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/posixpath.py", line 60, in join
    if b.startswith('/'):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Mackram (mackram)]

Hey Michael

I think you are right in your assessment since I remeber I kept getting
errors on python packages failing due to missing configuration in python or
something of the sort (sorry it has been some time). Glad to hear that it
got fixed.

By the way have you passed by an error that disables sound with GStreamer.
This happened after an update (not sure which one) so I am trying to track
it down before I file a Bug but it would help if there is any data about
this out there.

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Michael Vogt <email address hidden>
wrote:

> This looks like a bug in python-central that got fixed a couple of days
> ago:
>
>
> 2008-02-22 04:49:35,106 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg:
> '/var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb': 'subprocess
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> '
> ...
>
> Preparing to replace python-apt 0.6.16.2ubuntu8.1 (using
> .../python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1594, in ?
> main()
> File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1588, in main
> rv = action.run(global_options)
> File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1070, in run
> runtimes = get_installed_runtimes()
> File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 199, in get_installed_runtimes
> default_version = pyversions.default_version(version_only=True)
> File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 129, in
> default_version
> if not _default_version in (debian_default, os.path.join('/usr/bin',
> debian_default)):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/posixpath.py", line 60, in join
> if b.startswith('/'):
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.4ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> --
> Major crash on update from Ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194469
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "update-manager" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Updating my machine form ubuntu 6.06 to 8.04 resulted in several major
> crashes. I have reported today several issues as separate bugs only to find
> the damage has gone beyond a few unconfigured applications. Booting into my
> machine showed the following:
>
> 1- Update-manager package is no longer there. It is not possible to launch
> update-manager from shell
> 2- sudo command is no longer there. It is not possible to issue commands
> with sudo. Only way to use root is to login with him at shell
> 3- Graphical login is not possible. The X system well not take you beyond
> the Password page.
> 4- Configuring X Graphical settings shows constant failure when clicking
> the button "Test" even though the settings work. (Side note Graphical
> settings crash on the live cd will place bug for that alone)
> 5- USB mouse is undetectable.
>
> (I am not sure of what else is broken)
>

--
Mackram Raydan

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for comment, I mark this fixed now as the python-central issue that caused the havoc got fixed.

I haven't seen the gstream issue you mentioned, its probably a good idea to file a seperate bug about it.

Thanks,
 MIchael