Using the 8.04 alternate ISO to upgrade from 7.10: 'mount' shows: /home/20gb/software/linux_distros_various/ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop0) .... I got *lots* and *lots* of errors: now the "Final Error" says it all: = Could not install the upgrades The upgrade will abort now. Your system may be in an unusable state. A recovery was run (dpkg --configure -a). Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport. installArchives() failed = That's right, my system is *UNUSABLE* -- MANY, MANY applications are broken: A quick survey includes: Firefox (also Epiphany & Galeon, but not Konqueror which I'm using to log this) Thunderbird OpenOffice Amaya Eclipse Monodoc
Log files as suggested are at: http://alfredo4570.customer.netspace.net.au/var/fucked/apt-term.log http://alfredo4570.customer.netspace.net.au/var/fucked/apt.log http://alfredo4570.customer.netspace.net.au/var/fucked/main.log http://alfredo4570.customer.netspace.net.au/var/fucked/main_update_self.log http://alfredo4570.customer.netspace.net.au/var/fucked/term.log -- upgrade ubuntu 7 to 8 bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248120 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
