Public bug reported: I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date 12.04.1 setup to 12.10.
I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567 Basically, I did the following : - booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso - launched the installer (double click on desktop) - selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10" - I did not select "connect to internet" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot. Result : - I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install) - I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzled) - Install went fine till the end - At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time. - reboot Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values: - /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago - no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver - apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable. - Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed. - rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay. FWIW: - almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc. - postgresql roles and databases were wiped out ! - all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug informations, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't. My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I do an upgrade, I do an upgrade, not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before. The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared to the (normally) straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent / release- upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade. Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that I started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068657 Title: The desktop iso did a fresh install when asked to upgrade 12.04 to 12.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1068657/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
