Wanna add one thing..... Thanks God, I DID manage to read and write my 128 GB Ventoy USB. I already copied the ISO to it from Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.I
However, I cannot read the 2 and 4 GB USB devices I am using for backup purposes. This is one of the reasons, I have decided to carry out a fresh install of the latest Kubuntu LTS at my system. Yours. Bas. Yours. Bas. Op za 27 apr 2024 om 16:45 schreef Bas Roufs <2063...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > Public bug reported: > > Upgrade problem caused by many mistakes and broken packages. > > Bug report 27 April 2024.in > > From Bas Roufs for Kubuntu developers. > > Mook, near Nijmegen, NL, 27 April 2024. > > Hello Everybody. > > Only a few weeks ago, I installed Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS at my Lenovo > Thinkpad X230 i5, 4GB RAM and 250 GB SSD at present. In a few weeks from > now, I'll go to a computer repair shop that will add an extra SSD of 1 > GB and 2 DDR 3, 1600 Mhz memory banks - with a view to getting 16 GB > RAM. > > My idea was the following.... > > STEP 1. > Prepare a system with the all the packages and languages modules I need > for 10 languages - spell and grammar check, etc. > > STEP 2. > Upgrade from Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS to Kubuntu 24.04 LTS. > However, it has become clear to me that a direct, automatic upgrade from > the previous LTS to the current one is only possible after the issue of > Kubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on 15 August 2024. This is way too late for me and in > the middle of my holiday period. > So, I have considered the option to make first an upgrade to Kubuntu > 23.10, after which I would upgrade to 24.04. However, this attempt ended up > in many, many complications as summarised here. > > STEP 3. > Attempt to prepare a data only backup via Backintime or Luckybackup. > However, Backintime seemingly caused complications as summarised below. > > STEP 3A. > Attempt to prepare a system backup via Timeshift. However, this is too > complicated for now - I'll start using Timeshift after getting the new 1 TB > SSD. The old 250 GB SSD, I want to use for the Timeshift system-backup. My > practice experience makes me clear that Timeshift is NOT AT ALL good for > migration from one disk or one laptop to another. > > STEP 3B. > Prepare migration from the smaller to the bigger SSD: via a compressed > CloneZilla ISO image of the whole SSD at a Ventoy USB. Like this, I wanted > to port all the packages, language modules, etc. to the bigger, new SSD. > However, because of the complications summarised below, I need to make a > fresh new install of, in this case, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS even before getting > the hard ware upgrades: the extra SSD and RAM memory. With the language > modules, packages, etc., I need to start again after fresh-installing > «Noble Numbat». > > On the other hand, I stick to the plan to create a CloneZilla ISO: a > compressed version of the contents my whole small 250 GB SDD. Like this, > I want to get all the language settings, etc. to the new configuration > after getting the new 1 TB SSD. > > STEP 3C. > After getting the new SSD and RAM memory.... Installing the whole system > and all data from the CloneZilla ISO. > > COMPLICATIONS EVER SINCE THURSDAY 25-04-2024. > > After installing Backintime, for the data only backup, the system does not > 'see' anymore my 4 TB external hard disks, formatted in EXT4. Also a 2 TB > USB stick formatted in FAT32 can not be used any more. Note - I am using > USB 3.0 ports..... > So, I uninstalled again Backintime. However, this uninstallit ment action > does not help. My system still does not "see" USB devices. > > That's why, I have copied some provisional data backups to Wetransfer. > ASAP after fresh-installing Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, I'll retrieve my recent > data from there. > > On Thursday, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS has been released. However, I do not manage > to upgrade to it. That's why, I did several attempts to upgrade to Kubuntu > 23.10, prior to upgrading to the newest LTS version. However, because of my > ppa backports, I was not able to do an upgrade. > So, I have removed the backports and also Flatpak - via the package > managers at my system. > > However, those efforts did not help. Several attempts to upgrade to > 23.10 ended up like this: > > «(...) > bas@Camino:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop > Checking for a new Ubuntu release > ERROR:root:getting the encoding failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", > line 39, in <module> > locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "") > File "/usr/lib/python3.10/locale.py", line 620, in setlocale > return _setlocale(category, locale) > locale.Error: unsupported locale setting > > = Welcome to Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' = > > The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur'. > > (...ETC.....) > > Could not determine the upgrade > > An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. > > If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the > command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If > you want to investigate this yourself the log files in > '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. > Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'. > > > Restoring original system state > > Aborting > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > bas@Camino:~$ > (...)» > > I have been checking main.log and apt.log as well as some other logs in > '/var/log/dist-upgrade' > Main problem - too many broken packages and depencies. > > What to do next? > One option is seemingly not a realist option. I have considered to try to > use the Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS ISO at my Ventoy stick to fix the many broken > packages. However, this is simply to complicated and time consuming. > > That's why, I have downloaded via KTorrent the Kubuntu 24.04 LTS ISO > that is available now. I gonna put it at the same Ventoy stick, after > which I fresh-install this new LTS. I'll do so after submitting this > error report. > > Via this terminal code I have unleashed this bug report: > > ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core > > Like this, you'll get recent info from this folder: > /var/log/dist-upgrade > > However, I feel it is better that you'll info from ALL my upgrade > attempts from Friday 26 April 2024. That's why, I have copied the whole > directory /var/log/dist-upgrade/ - along with all subdirectories and > files, alltogether a bit less then 2 MB. Together with the bug report, I > send you a ZIP file that contains the whole story. > > Thanks for considering this report. > > > Yours. > > Bas Roufs. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.19 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-28.29~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13 > Uname: Linux 6.5.0-28-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CrashDB: ubuntu > CrashReports: > 640:0:124:197547:2024-04-26 18:10:11.686690723 +0200:2024-04-26 > 18:10:11.682690716 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.crash > 640:1000:124:14696112:2024-04-25 20:24:56.972544146 +0200:2024-04-25 > 20:24:54.724407253 > +0200:/var/crash/_usr_share_backintime_qt_app.py.1000.crash > CurrentDesktop: KDE > Date: Sat Apr 27 15:29:26 2024 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-02 (24 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 > (20240216.1) > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2024-04-26 (0 days ago) > mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: > 2024-04-26T17:36:58.697388 > > ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > > ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy > > ** Attachment added: "All the error reports related to fruitless attempts > to upgrade from Kubuntu 22.04.4. LTS to Kubuntu 23.10." > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063952/+attachment/5771645/+files/dist-upgrade.zip > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063952 > > Title: > Upgrade problem caused by many mistakes and broken packages. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2063952/+subscriptions > > -- Bas G. Roufs -- ==== Bas G. Roufs MA Rijksweg 66a NL-6585 AG Mook +31 6 446 835 10 basro...@gmail.com Mook ligt ca. 10 km. ten zuiden van Nijmegen en 10 km. ten oosten van de Duitse grens. Uitspraak -ou- in achternaam «Roufs»: zoals in «bouwen». Mook is about 10 km. south of Nijmegen and 10 km west of the German border. Pronunciatiation -ou- family name «Roufs»: like in «about». -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063952 Title: Upgrade problem caused by many mistakes and broken packages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2063952/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
