Public bug reported: Ubuntu system, starting from LUbuntu desktop. Packages could not be upgraded. Samba could not be updated. Finally, updater told me upgrade had failed and system was in unstable state. It told me to file a bug report and include file /var/log/dist-update. That file doesn't exist, but /var/log/dist-upgrade/* exists. Will attach main.log and crash report if Launchpad will let me.
Update software requested a password to complete report files. Validation failed because it was asking for a _root_ password, and root is not enabled on Ubuntu systems. What a mess. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-16.67-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: f8c6a843083cabf4325fbeebf214c5f6 CheckboxSystem: abf102d6ef41328208f5c1554651535a Date: Sat Nov 3 13:20:08 2012 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-11-03 (0 days ago) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074715 Title: Failed upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1074715/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs