I am also using the NVIDIA binary driver. I did the upgrade in a terminal with do-release-upgrade that worked.
The bug is not in update-manager but in the Gtk3 frontend of the command do-release-upgrade from the source package ubuntu-release-upgrader (update-manager internally invokes do-release-upgrade). Try this command: /usr/bin/pkexec /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3 It fails as described above. ** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203534 Title: update-manager crashes when trying to upgrade to 13.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1203534/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs