Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
I tried yesterday to upgrade my machine (Duron 600) from dapper to edgy.
At first, update-manager wasn't able to proceed, probably because of a
source.list too messy (several sources are duplicated, and some of them
do not exist anymore I belive, as PLF). I did a bit of cleaning in it,
and then rerun update-manager. I left it running overnight, only to find
an error message in the morning that reads:
" Could not install
'/var/cache/apt/archives/memtest86+_1.65-1ubuntu2_i386.deb'
failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1)"
(As I opened emacs to copy this message, I noticed that all characters were
replaced by squares, and there was a warning about some missing font in the
terminal.)
I then left update-manager undo what it just done. At the end of this
process (during which it complained a lot about locale problems "en-GB
UTF8, falling back to standard locale ("C") "), fonts were still messy
in emacs. I decided to reboot, and bumped into a kernel panic.
Using one of the previous kernels, I was able to start in console mode
(X doesn't work anymore, even if I try dpkg -reconfigure -xserver-xorg),
and noticed that the /boot partition (hda10, don't ask why!) was full. I
suppose this is the reason why update-manager failed.
What is the easiest way to get the machine back in working operation? is
that easier to start with a fresh install?
Thank you for your work
Cyril
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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update to edgy failed and left PC unusable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/88108
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