All I had to do was remove certain repositories. Worked fine on 3 computers with differing configs. On 24 Oct 2014 06:11, "Bruno A. Regno" <br...@regno.net> wrote:
> Thank you Steven. I was a bit more drastic. After purging the ppa didn't > work I purged the whole graphic environment from the X-server on up. > Then I did a CLI dist-upgrade and finally re-installed all the purged > packages back. I had to re-install the Nvidia driver back and after that > everything worked. The funny thing is that this happened only in one > machine of eight with supposedly identical configuration. > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Steven McCullagh <stevenmccull...@gmail.com> > Date: > To: br...@regno.net > Subject: [Bug 1069133] Re: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not > determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa > > If running ppa-purge xorg-edgers doesn't work, try the following: > > sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-all > > This will then allow you to upgrade from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1313080). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 > > Title: > Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg > from ppa > > Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > > Bug description: > TEST CASE: > 1. Install a minimal Saucy amd64 (lxc container or VM) > 2. Install software-properties-common if it is not already installed and > enable xorg-edgers PPA: > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa > 3. Install the task ubuntu-desktop > $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ > 4. Upgrade: > $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d > > ACTUAL RESULT: > Upgrade fails because it refuses to break the ABI of xorg. > > == Original Description == > Gets to the upgrade stage Setting new Software channels and the error > window comes up on the Calculating the Changes part. Have got all security > updates for 12.04 on and restarted but it still comes up. Using the proper > software channels. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.26-generic 3.5.5 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Oct 20 17:16:19 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 > (20120425) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1069133/+subscriptions > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1310737). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 > > Title: > Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg > from ppa > > Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > > Bug description: > TEST CASE: > 1. Install a minimal Saucy amd64 (lxc container or VM) > 2. Install software-properties-common if it is not already installed and > enable xorg-edgers PPA: > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa > 3. Install the task ubuntu-desktop > $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^ > 4. Upgrade: > $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d > > ACTUAL RESULT: > Upgrade fails because it refuses to break the ABI of xorg. > > == Original Description == > Gets to the upgrade stage Setting new Software channels and the error > window comes up on the Calculating the Changes part. Have got all security > updates for 12.04 on and restarted but it still comes up. Using the proper > software channels. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.26-generic 3.5.5 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Oct 20 17:16:19 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 > (20120425) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-20 (0 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1069133/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069133 Title: Get upgrade error 12.04 - 12.10 "Could not determine upgrade" - xorg from ppa To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1069133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs