Public bug reported: the distribution upgrade failed after running for a few hours, suggested my system might be unstable and that is hould file a bug report, hence this. system was kubuntu 10.04 running on a T61, using a pae kernel (the default server kernel) in order to make use of 4G of ram. end of /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:
2011-07-31 22:14:18,932 DEBUG disabling apt cron job (0755) 2011-07-31 22:27:51,997 DEBUG plugins for condition 'StartUpgrade' are '[]' 2011-07-31 22:27:52,016 DEBUG plugins for condition 'maverickStartUpgrade' are '[]' 2011-07-31 22:27:52,016 DEBUG plugins for condition 'from_lucidStartUpgrade' are '[]' 2011-07-31 22:27:52,017 DEBUG quirks: running StartUpgrade 2011-07-31 22:27:52,053 DEBUG skipping 'README' (no '.') 2011-07-31 22:27:52,054 DEBUG check if patch '_usr_sbin_install-docs.268d21f1f1ed5f7a19fffef645ac4d52' needs to be applied 2011-07-31 22:27:52,087 DEBUG check if patch '_usr_sbin_install-docs.3533d3b8e8f08f78c95550a7edcbe316' needs to be applied 2011-07-31 22:27:52,139 DEBUG killing update-notifier 2011-07-31 22:27:52,169 DEBUG killing kblueplugd kbluetooth4 2011-07-31 22:27:52,183 DEBUG killing gnome-screensaver 2011-07-31 22:27:52,220 INFO cache.commit() 2011-07-31 22:27:52,220 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked) 2011-07-31 22:27:52,735 DEBUG fork pid is: 6601 2011-07-31 22:27:52,737 DEBUG fork pid is: 0 2011-07-31 23:32:33,086 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'octave3.0': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127' 2011-07-31 23:32:33,208 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() octave3.0: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 2011-07-31 23:32:33,376 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'octave3.0': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127' 2011-08-01 06:16:15,683 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Running post-installation trigger octave3.0) 2011-08-01 06:22:31,623 DEBUG got a conffile-prompt from dpkg for file: '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades' 2011-08-01 06:30:33,670 ERROR Exception during pm.DoInstall() Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/tmpqX_bKw/DistUpgradeView.py", line 201, in run res = pm.do_install(self.writefd) SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 2011-08-01 06:30:33,886 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed 2011-08-01 06:30:33,888 DEBUG can't find apport ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: distribution-upgrade ** Tags added: distribution-upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819566 Title: update from 10.04 to 10.10 failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/819566/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs