Public bug reported: I'm running Xubuntu 7.10 amd64. I tried to use the cdromupgrade script to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 (this is the way I usually upgrade). I followed the instructions in the wiki. I was installing from the Kubuntu alternate CD, because I decided I use more KDE things than any other (I tend to be desktop-agnostic). I had xubuntu-desktop installed before the upgrade. I opted not to grab updates from the web. It complained about nvidia-glx-new, so I uninstalled that (I know, a separate issue). Then it seemed happy and was ready to dist-upgrade. However, as it was "calculating updates" (I think) two dialogs popped up. They said something about programs crashing, then the cdromupgrade abruptly quit. The programs that crashed were opera-plugin-wrapper and convert (from ImageMagick). It is not surprising to me that these were running at the time: I have a script that uses convert that runs periodically, and I had Opera open. After that, cdromupgrade was broken. My package manager was in a weird state (see below). I decided to push through and did "aptitude dist-upgrade". It seems like it worked, I'll report back if it didn't. I have attached /var/log/dist- upgrade/main.log, which shows an unhandled exception, probably caused by the "weird state" of the package manager. I could not install xubuntu- desktop after the crash because aptitude said "there is no candidate version."
I have done another successful upgrade (Xubuntu 7.10 -> Kubuntu 8.04) using this method, on i386. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gusty->hardy cdromupgrade breaks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs