cannot upgrade to 8.04 from 7.1

[Matt Scholz]

architecture: amd64

I followed instructions as presented on http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading, including installing any new packages and then rechecking for packages via update manager. I do not receive a message that says that 8.04 is available nor do I get an upgrade button.

I tried updating by downloading/burning ubuntu-8.04-desktop-amd64.iso and checking the integrity of the burned disk upon reboot. Integrity is fine, but I still don't get an upgrade dialog. In addition, if I try to run <gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"> nothing happens at all.

I'm trying to avoid a fresh install...

[Matt Scholz (scholzilla)]

OK...I used <gksudo update-manager -d> and that did the trick. I think this still qualifies as a bug, though.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.

Are you aware there is no provided path for a direct upgrade from 7.04 to 8.04 (you would have to first upgrade to 7.10, apply all updates on 7.10, and then upgrade to 8.04)?

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Oops... you were reporting a 7.10 to 8.04 upgrade, not a 7.04 to 8.04, sorry.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!