Olivier, Thanks for all that. Well, the 1st time I implemented the newly downloaded .iso file that you alerted me to, I still had problems. So, I implemented it again WITHOUT making any chances to the default VMWare defaults and it worked - enabling me to get to 16.04!
...and then the notification came up that 17.04 was available, so I immediately attempted to upgrade to it right away. THAT WENT FINE - until I went to signon and found out that I can't type my password into the SIGNON box...so I'm "dead in the water" again. In searching out the technical forums, I see that there might be NVIDIA driver (or possibly BIOS) issues involved now with 17.04, arggggg!!! There's a YouTube video that insturcts how to make some very technical changes, but I'm not up for that at the moment. (saw things like setting something to 666 (I think) and also a change to Xauthority!? Maybe I should start all over again and just settle for 16.04. Thanks for your attention - and assistance. Danny Ruth On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:37:38 -0000 Olivier Tilloy <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Danny. > > On an outdated Ubuntu version, you can run from a terminal "update- > manager -c" and you should be presented with a prompt to upgrade. > > Alternatively you should be able to install Ubuntu 16.04 afresh on > a > system that has an older version without loosing your data (of > course, > it is highly recommended that you backup your data beforehand). You > can > get the latest stable version at > https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the > bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722636 > > Title: > Just trying to update an old VM client > > Status in oxide-qt package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Moved from PA to Colorado and am trying to reestablish my system > out > here now. Not sure why all of my old VMs are not UPDATABLE, they > are > all crashing during the updates process. This particular client > was > (a good) one that I had stashed away for safekeeping, but it is > not > working either. Would like to jump right to 16.04 now. I will > investigate how to do that (unless someone had help me do it > faster - > as I am not a strong UBUNTU client myself. > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 > Package: liboxideqtcore0 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2 > Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Tue Oct 10 15:30:01 2017 > DuplicateSignature: > package:liboxideqtcore0:1.8.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1:cannot copy extracted > data for './usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0' to > '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0.dpkg-new': unexpected > end of file or stream > ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for > './usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0' to > '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0.dpkg-new': unexpected > end of file or stream > InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-17 (1607 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 > (20130424) > RelatedPackageVersions: > dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1.1 > apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2 > SourcePackage: oxide-qt > Title: package liboxideqtcore0 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 failed to > install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for > './usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0' to > '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOxideQtCore.so.0.dpkg-new': unexpected > end of file or stream > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-14 (848 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/+bug/1722636/+subscrip tions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722636 Title: Just trying to update an old VM client To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/+bug/1722636/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
