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upgrading to xubuntu 24.04, another update (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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my 23.10 now boots to single user mode (the tty1 log in page), After logging in with username and password (not as root, but regular me) I get this message:

/etc/update-motd.d/95 updates available 7: /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-updates-outdated: not found

run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/95 updates available exited with return code 127

what's the best way to proceed now?

NMTUI shows wlan is connected

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why are you even bothering dude? Just back up your data and install it fresh. You'll be done in 30 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The best way is to backup whatever is important to you right now, if you haven't already.

Then I would check/do (No grantee that it helps your case):

Which Ubuntu version does /etc/apt/source.list point to? noble = 24.04, mantic = 23.10
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a
sudo apt install -f
sudo apt upgrade

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

backup done

/etc/apt/sources.list point to 24.04 noble

there are 2 packages disabled on upgrade to noble: mkv and imagereader, lines are commented so nothing wrong here

do you still recommend to execute sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If you disable packages from upgrade they will be outdated...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If you have Ubuntu install USB ready, I can't see why not try the command.

One of the engineer in my workplace did the upgrade (22.04 -> 23.10 -> 24.04), also end up with broken system, I fixed their Ubuntu by doing these steps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it seems there is no -a option for dpkg-reconfigure:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a returns unknown option -a

if I delete -a it asks for a package to reconfigure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe try command listed here

https://askubuntu.com/questions/775328/is-dpkg-reconfigure-all-still-available-in-16-04

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

after trying suggested command

sudo dpkg --configure -a

I get:

error processing package install-info (--configure): installed install-info package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127, errors were encountered while processing install-info

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

hmm...... I would skip dpkg command in this case.