Just I performed the following : sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers and then the dist upgrade proceeded very smoothly. Thanks a lot for great advice.
-----Original Message----- From: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] On Behalf Of Sean Tseng Sent: 28 April, 2014 17:36 To: giovanni.togn...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa Awesome. I will try that. Thank you very much! On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:11 AM, tasgo <1069...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > My bad, > > If haven't done so, and if you still have the xorg-edgers ppa > installed you need to remove it: > > sudo apt-get install ppa-purge > > sudo ppa-purge > > the upgrade should then run smoothly. > After its done, if can't get into the desktop or if you only can run > low graphics mode, then you should follow the steps on askUbuntu > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1313008). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 > > Title: > Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg > from ppa > > Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > > Bug description: > TEST CASE: > 1. Install a minimal Saucy amd64 (lxc container or VM) > 2. Install software-properties-common if it is not already installed > and enable xorg-edgers PPA: > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa > 3. Install the task ubuntu-desktop > $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ > 4. Upgrade: > $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d > > ACTUAL RESULT: > Upgrade fails because it refuses to break the ABI of xorg. > > == Original Description == > Gets to the upgrade stage Setting new Software channels and the > error window comes up on the Calculating the Changes part. Have got > all security updates for 12.04 on and restarted but it still comes up. > Using the proper software channels. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.26-generic 3.5.5 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Oct 20 17:16:19 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release > amd64 > (20120425) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug > /1069133/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1312340). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 Title: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: TEST CASE: 1. Install a minimal Saucy amd64 (lxc container or VM) 2. Install software-properties-common if it is not already installed and enable xorg-edgers PPA: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa 3. Install the task ubuntu-desktop $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ 4. Upgrade: $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d ACTUAL RESULT: Upgrade fails because it refuses to break the ABI of xorg. == Original Description == Gets to the upgrade stage Setting new Software channels and the error window comes up on the Calculating the Changes part. Have got all security updates for 12.04 on and restarted but it still comes up. Using the proper software channels. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.26-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 20 17:16:19 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1069133/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 Title: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1069133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs