Public bug reported: see the output I get when I'm trying to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10:
$ update-manager -d Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" authenticate 'quantal.tar.gz' against 'quantal.tar.gz.gpg' extracting 'quantal.tar.gz' can't load DistUpgradeViewGtk3 (Gtk couldn't be initialized) /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed import gobject._gobject /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: Warning: specified class size for type `PyGtkGenericCellRenderer' is smaller than the parent type's `GtkCellRenderer' class size from gtk import _gtk /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: Warning: g_type_get_qdata: assertion `node != NULL' failed from gtk import _gtk I already did the upgrade in my kubuntu where it worked as expected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 18 08:32:51 2012 GsettingsChanges: com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1350541387 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 944 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-18 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz' VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: 2012-10-18 08:26:31,849 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg']' 2012-10-18 08:26:31,849 INFO uname information: 'Linux jrichtsfeld 3.2.0-32-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:33:09 UTC 2012 x86_64' 2012-10-18 08:26:31,849 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.3' 2012-10-18 08:26:31,850 INFO release-upgrader version '0.190.1' started 2012-10-18 08:26:31,944 WARNING can't import view 'DistUpgradeViewGtk3' (Gtk couldn't be initialized) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067992 Title: update-manager crashes when trying to upgrade to quantal (Gtk couldn't be initialized) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1067992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs