Can't upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04

Ok, let's start with diagnostics.

Please provide the full output of the following commands:

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo dpkg --audit
sudo lshw -C display

Sure:

user@user:~$ uname -a
Linux user 4.13.0-46-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 12 12:36:29 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

user@user:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10
Codename: artful

user@user:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for user:
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

user@user:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

user@user:~$ sudo dpkg --audit // empty line, nothing here

user@user:~$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display
       description: 3D controller
       product: GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:39 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 06
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:34 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

There were some reports about people who had upgrade problems when they had the NVidia legacy driver installed.
I suggest that you uninstall all NVidia drivers (except the open-source "nouveau" driver) and re-try the release upgrade.

Ok, thanks! I'll try a bit later and let you know.

Also, what is the output of:

df -h

Thanks

user@user:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 5,8G 0 5,8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 1,2G 2,0M 1,2G 1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 208G 125G 72G 64% /
tmpfs 5,9G 16M 5,8G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5,0M 4,0K 5,0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 5,9G 0 5,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4486
/dev/loop1 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4407
/dev/loop2 60M 60M 0 100% /snap/notes/4
/dev/loop3 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4571
/dev/sda2 473M 198M 252M 44% /boot
/dev/sda1 511M 4,7M 507M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1,2G 16K 1,2G 1% /run/user/130
tmpfs 1,2G 2,5M 1,2G 1% /run/user/1000

Also a question: Сould the fact that I'm booting in insecure mode affect the upgrade
In progress with removing of Nvidia
Thanks!

So, I can't remove Nvidia driver completely and I don't know why.
I used this one command: sudo apt-get autoremove --purge nvidia-*

and after I still see it on Additional Drivers tab and ubuntu-drivers debug shows me that:

user@user:~$ ubuntu-drivers debug
=== log messages from detection ===
DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output
ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller
ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=3D controller
ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation
ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M]

DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd0000139Asv00001043sd0000178Dbc03sc02i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M]"
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/open-vm-dkms.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/open-vm-dkms.py return value: None
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py return value: None
DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py
DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py return value: None
=== modaliases in the system ===
pci:v000010ECd00005287sv00001043sd0000202FbcFFsc00i00
platform:rtsx_pci_ms
platform:rtsx_pci_sdmmc
pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001043sd0000200Fbc02sc00i00
pci:v00008086d00008C22sv00001043sd0000178Dbc0Csc05i00
pci:v00008086d00000C04sv00001043sd0000178Dbc06sc00i00
pci:v00008086d00000C0Csv00008086sd00002010bc04sc03i00
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw6,8,
hdaudio:v80862807r00100000a01
acpi:PNP0C14:
wmi:F6CB5C3C-9CAE-4EBD-B577-931EA32A2CC0
pci:v00008086d00000416sv00001043sd0000178Dbc03sc00i00
acpi:PNP0C0A:
usb:v04F2pB48Cd9916dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip00in00
input:b0003v04F2pB48Ce9916-e0,1,kD4,ramlsfw
usb:v04F2pB48Cd9916dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc02ip00in01
usb:v13D3p3414d0200dcE0dsc01dp01icE0isc01ip01in01
usb:v13D3p3414d0200dcE0dsc01dp01icE0isc01ip01in00
usb:v1D6Bp0002d0413dc09dsc00dp01ic09isc00ip00in00
usb:v1D6Bp0003d0413dc09dsc00dp03ic09isc00ip00in00
pci:v000010ECd00008821sv00001A3Bsd00002161bc02sc80i00
pci:v00008086d00008C03sv00001043sd0000178Dbc01sc06i01
acpi:ACPI0003:
pci:v00008086d00008C49sv00001043sd0000178Dbc06sc01i00
acpi:PNP0103:
acpi:PNP0C04:
platform:intel-spi
acpi:INT0800:
acpi:PNP0C09:
platform:iTCO_wdt
pci:v000010DEd0000139Asv00001043sd0000178Dbc03sc02i00
pci:v00008086d00008C3Asv00001043sd0000178Dbc07sc80i00
mei::55213584-9a29-4916-badf-0fb7ed682aeb:01:
mei::8c2f4425-77d6-4755-aca3-891fdbc66a58:01:
mei::309dcde8-ccb1-4062-8f78-600115a34327:01:
mei::f908627d-13bf-4a04-b91f-a64e9245323d:01:
mei::b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04:01:
mei::3c4852d6-d47b-4f46-b05e-b5edc1aa440e:01:
pci:v00008086d00008C20sv00001043sd0000143Fbc04sc03i00
hdaudio:v14F1510Fr00100100a01
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw2,
input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw4,
acpi:PNP0C0E:
platform:regulatory
acpi:INT340F:
platform:asus-nb-wmi
input:b0019v0000p0000e0000-e0,1,4,14,k71,72,73,8C,94,96,A3,A4,A5,A6,A9,B9,BF,D4,D7,E0,E1,E2,E3,E5,E6,ED,EE,F0,F5,F7,1AF,213,230,ram4,lsfw
platform:microcode
platform:coretemp
acpi:PNP0C0D:
platform:vboxdrv
platform:pcspkr
platform:Fixed MDIO bus
acpi:ATK4001:
wmi:0B3CBB35-E3C2-45ED-91C2-4C5A6D195D1C
wmi:97845ED0-4E6D-11DE-8A39-0800200C9A66
serio:ty01pr00id00ex00
input:b0011v0002p0012e0000-e0,1,3,k110,145,148,14A,14D,14E,14F,ra0,1,1C,2F,35,36,39,mlsfw
input:b0011v0001p0001eAB41-e0,1,4,11,14,k71,72,73,74,75,76,77,79,7A,7B,7C,7D,7E,7F,80,8C,8E,8F,9B,9C,9D,9E,9F,A3,A4,A5,A6,AC,AD,B7,B8,B9,D9,E2,ram4,l0,1,2,sfw
cpu:type:x86,ven0000fam0006mod003C:feature:,0000,0001,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000B,000C,000D,000E,000F,0010,0011,0013,0015,0016,0017,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,001D,001F,002B,0034,003A,003B,003D,0068,006B,006C,006D,006F,0070,0072,0074,0075,0076,0078,0079,007C,0080,0081,0082,0083,0084,0085,0087,0088,0089,008B,008C,008D,008E,008F,0091,0093,0094,0095,0096,0097,0098,0099,009A,009B,009C,009D,009E,00C0,00C5,00E1,00E3,00E7,00EB,00EC,00F4,0100,0101,0102,0103,0104,0120,0121,0123,0125,0127,0128,0129,012A,012D,0140,01C0,01C1,01C2,01C4,01C5,01C6
acpi:LNXSYSTM:
acpi:LNXCPU:
acpi:LNXSYBUS:
acpi:ICV0A12:
input:b0019v0000p0001e0000-e0,1,k74,ramlsfw
acpi:NXP5442:
acpi:SKTD000:
acpi:PNP0C0F:
acpi:PNP0A08:PNP0A03:
acpi:PNP0C01:
input:b0019v0000p0006e0000-e0,1,kE0,E1,E3,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,ramlsfw
acpi:PNP0C02:
acpi:PNP0100:
acpi:FLT0102:SYN0A00:SYN0002:PNP0F03:PNP0F13:PNP0F12:
acpi:PNP0000:
acpi:INT3F0D:PNP0C02:
acpi:ATK3001:PNP030B:
acpi:PNP0B00:
acpi:PNP0200:
acpi:LNXPOWER:
input:b0019v0000p0003e0000-e0,1,k8E,ramlsfw
acpi:INT33A1:PNP0D80:
input:b0019v0000p0005e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw0,
acpi:INT3420:
acpi:INT340E:PNP0C02:
input:b0019v1043p0000e0000-e0,1,kF7,ramlsfw
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX550JX.203:bd04/02/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX550JX:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX550JX:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
=== matching driver packages ===
nvidia-384: installed: <none> available: 384.130-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 (auto-install) [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd0000139Asv00001043sd0000178Dbc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M]

What I do wrong there?

What is the output of

dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

I think after "sudo apt-get autoremove --purge nvidia-*" all packages should already be uninstalled. It is just the system that tells: you could install and use a spcific driver ….

Does the release upgrade still fail?

user@user:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia // nothing there

Yes, still failed after fetch..

And what about this my question "Also a question: Сould the fact that I'm booting in insecure mode affect the upgrade"?

Basically, I understand that reinstall fresh system is easier, but the problem that it is my work notebook, and will need to reinstall and set up all programs.. Much time..

So what else I can do? Some workaround?
Thanks!

If you run:

sudo do-release-upgrade

What is the output?

user@user:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
[sudo] password for user:
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife

Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1.258 kB]
Fetched 1.259 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
authenticate 'bionic.tar.gz' against 'bionic.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'bionic.tar.gz'

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

What is the output of

ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/

user@user:~$ ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/
total 1144
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Снж 2 2017 20171202-0844
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Снж 2 2017 20171202-0849
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Снж 30 2017 20171230-0802
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Снж 30 2017 20171230-0805
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Стд 27 2018 20180127-2249
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 19:49 20180914-1949
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 19:50 20180914-1950
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 19:53 20180914-1953
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 19:56 20180914-1956
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:02 20180914-2002
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:03 20180914-2003
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:05 20180914-2005
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:06 20180914-2006
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:14 20180914-2014
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:17 20180914-2017
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:21 20180914-2021
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 20:22 20180914-2022
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:17 20180914-2117
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:24 20180914-2124
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:26 20180914-2126
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:27 20180914-2127
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:32 20180914-2132
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:33 20180914-2133
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:44 20180914-2144
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:45 20180914-2145
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:46 20180914-2146
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:47 20180914-2147
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:48 20180914-2148
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:49 20180914-2149
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 21:54 20180914-2154
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:04 20180914-2204
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:07 20180914-2207
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:09 20180914-2209
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:15 20180914-2215
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:16 20180914-2216
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 22:22 20180914-2222
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 14 23:22 20180914-2322
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 00:34 20180915-0034
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 00:38 20180915-0038
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 08:07 20180915-0807
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 08:12 20180915-0812
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:02 20180915-0902
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:05 20180915-0905
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:08 20180915-0908
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:13 20180915-0913
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:39 20180915-0939
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 09:42 20180915-0942
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 10:42 20180915-1042
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 10:47 20180915-1047
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 10:57 20180915-1057
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 11:13 20180915-1113
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 11:14 20180915-1114
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 11:19 20180915-1119
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 15 11:25 20180915-1125
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 16 00:02 20180916-0002
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 18 20:33 20180918-2033
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 15:07 20180920-1507
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 17:14 20180920-1714
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 17:17 20180920-1717
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 17:53 20180920-1753
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 18:02 20180920-1802
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 21:03 20180920-2103
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 23:38 20180920-2338
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 20 23:55 20180920-2355
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Врс 21 10:06 20180921-1006
-rw------- 1 root root 801481 Врс 21 10:06 apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111 Врс 21 10:06 apt.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86432 Стд 27 2018 eipp.log.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2118 Врс 21 10:06 lspci.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2346 Врс 21 10:06 main.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Стд 27 2018 main.log.partial
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Врс 21 10:06 term.log

this rows in red in my console:
-rw------- 1 root root 801481 Врс 21 10:06 apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86432 Стд 27 2018 eipp.log.xz

What is the output of

cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log

cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log

user@user:~$ cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
2018-09-21 10:06:24,669 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg']'
2018-09-21 10:06:24,669 INFO uname information: 'Linux user 4.13.0-46-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 12 12:36:29 UTC 2018 x86_64'
2018-09-21 10:06:25,037 INFO apt version: '1.5.2'
2018-09-21 10:06:25,037 INFO python version: '3.6.3 (default, Oct 3 2017, 21:45:48)
[GCC 7.2.0]'
2018-09-21 10:06:25,040 INFO release-upgrader version '18.04.24' started
2018-09-21 10:06:25,102 INFO locale: 'en_US' 'UTF-8'
2018-09-21 10:06:25,383 DEBUG Using 'DistUpgradeViewGtk3' view
2018-09-21 10:06:25,428 DEBUG enable dpkg --force-overwrite
2018-09-21 10:06:25,444 DEBUG creating statefile: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
2018-09-21 10:06:29,019 DEBUG lsb-release: 'artful'
2018-09-21 10:06:29,020 DEBUG _pythonSymlinkCheck run
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG openCache()
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG No such plugin directory: ./plugins
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG plugins for condition 'PreCacheOpen' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG plugins for condition 'bionicPreCacheOpen' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG plugins for condition 'from_artfulPreCacheOpen' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG quirks: running PreCacheOpen
2018-09-21 10:06:29,021 DEBUG running Quirks.PreCacheOpen
2018-09-21 10:06:29,598 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87331
2018-09-21 10:06:29,598 DEBUG need_server_mode(): run in 'desktop' mode, (because of pkg 'ubuntu-desktop')
2018-09-21 10:06:29,598 DEBUG checkViewDepends()
2018-09-21 10:06:29,599 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=False)
2018-09-21 10:06:30,487 DEBUG openCache()
2018-09-21 10:06:31,112 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87331
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG doPostInitialUpdate
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG plugins for condition 'PostInitialUpdate' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG plugins for condition 'bionicPostInitialUpdate' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG plugins for condition 'from_artfulPostInitialUpdate' are '[]'
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG quirks: running bionicPostInitialUpdate
2018-09-21 10:06:31,113 DEBUG running Quirks.bionicPostInitialUpdate
2018-09-21 10:06:31,123 DEBUG abort called
2018-09-21 10:06:31,124 DEBUG openCache()
2018-09-21 10:06:31,124 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked)
2018-09-21 10:06:31,730 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 87331

user@user:~$ cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log
Log time: 2018-09-21 10:06:29.472022
Log time: 2018-09-21 10:06:30.976242
Log time: 2018-09-21 10:06:31.598714

This does not help.
Next idea: issue the command

sudo strace -o do-release-upgrade.strace do-release-upgrade

Upload the file "do-release-upgrade.strace" to http://pastebin.ubuntu.com and paste the link that you receive into this question document.
Maybe we see can more in this trace file.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/tzNm6QMx6J/

But I guess it's not so informative. I have trace file locally and it's about 130mb
Maybe I should share it via google doc or something else?

Either something went wrong when creating the trace file, or you uploaded the wrong file to paste.ubuntu.com. This is not what I expected.

Does this wrong way to do this?:

user@user:~$ sudo strace -o do-release-upgrade.strace do-release-upgrade | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/cVbr3XyZNw/

Also this one fails all time:
user@user:~$ pastebinit /home/user/do-release-upgrade.strace
Failed to contact the server: [Errno socket error] The write operation timed out

The first command is wrong, because it does not upload the strace output to pastebin, but the output of the do-release-upgrade command.

The second one would be correct, but apparently aborts with timeout.

Do you have a chance to publish that file somewhere else?

Or - just as a first shot in the dark. what is the output of

tail -n 30 /home/user/do-release-upgrade.strace

user@user:~$ tail -n 30 /home/user/do-release-upgrade.strace
close(27) = 0
close(26) = 0
close(25) = 0
close(24) = 0
close(23) = 0
close(22) = 0
close(21) = 0
close(20) = 0
close(19) = 0
close(18) = 0
close(17) = 0
close(16) = 0
close(15) = 0
close(14) = 0
close(13) = 0
close(12) = 0
msync(0x7f943044b000, 47536597, MS_SYNC) = 0
munmap(0x7f943044b000, 47536597) = 0
close(11) = 0
munmap(0x7f94303cb000, 262144) = 0
munmap(0x7f94381ad000, 262144) = 0
munmap(0x7f94386d0000, 262144) = 0
close(5) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x7f9438750000, 262144) = 0
munmap(0x7f943b367000, 262144) = 0
sigaltstack(NULL, {ss_sp=0xf33bc0, ss_flags=0, ss_size=8192}) = 0
sigaltstack({ss_sp=NULL, ss_flags=SS_DISABLE, ss_size=0}, NULL) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++

Uploading trace file, need to wait ~ 20 mins

Here is:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zhNgm0fzlmyldIU7NGwyCtKzX8qZGidM

Thank you for the trace, but I cannot identify anything that would answer the question why the upgrade aborts.
The output, however, shows several additional repositories. Usually an upgrade runs better without additional sources like PPAs.

What is the output of the command

find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

Here is:

user@user:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160719)]/ xenial main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful main restricted
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful multiverse restricted main universe #Added by software-properties
     7 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
     8
     9 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    10 ## distribution.
    11 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates main restricted
    12 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates multiverse restricted main universe #Added by software-properties
    13 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
    14
    15 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    16 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    17 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    18 ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    19 ## team.
    20 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful universe
    21 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
    22 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates universe
    23
    24 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    25 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    26 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    27 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    28 ## security team.
    29 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful multiverse
    30 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
    31 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates multiverse
    32 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
    33
    34 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    35 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    36 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    37 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    38 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
    41 # deb-src http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    42
    43 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    44 ## 'partner' repository.
    45 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    46 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    47 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    48 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
    49
    50 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security main restricted
    51 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security multiverse restricted main universe #Added by software-properties
    52 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
    53 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security universe
    54 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
    55 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security multiverse
    56 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
    57 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ artful partner
    58
    59 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ yakkety partner
    60 # deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu artful stable
    61 # deb-src [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu artful stable

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-ubuntu-ppa-artful.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu artful main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu artful main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-ubuntu-wine-builds-zesty.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu artful main # disabled on upgrade to artful
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu zesty main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu zesty main
     4 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu zesty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nm-l2tp-ubuntu-network-manager-l2tp-zesty.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp/ubuntu artful main # disabled on upgrade to artful
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp/ubuntu zesty main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 # deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvbn-rm-ubuntu-ppa-yakkety.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvbn-rm/ppa/ubuntu zesty main # disabled on upgrade to zesty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvbn-rm/ppa/ubuntu yakkety main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list

     1 # deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main # disabled on upgrade to zesty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-tor-browser-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/tor-browser/ubuntu yakkety main # disabled on upgrade to yakkety
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/tor-browser/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/notepadqq-team-ubuntu-notepadqq-yakkety.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/notepadqq-team/notepadqq/ubuntu zesty main # disabled on upgrade to zesty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/notepadqq-team/notepadqq/ubuntu yakkety main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-java-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu yakkety main # disabled on upgrade to yakkety
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 # deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main # disabled on upgrade to yakkety

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu yakkety main # disabled on upgrade to yakkety
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list

     1 # deb [arch=amd64,arm64] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse

All of these are disabled, so this should not pose a problem.

What is the output of

dpkg -l desktop

user@user:~$ dpkg -l desktop
dpkg-query: no packages found matching desktop

Sorry, should have been

dpkg -l | grep desktop

user@user:~$ dpkg -l | grep desktop
ii a11y-profile-manager-indicator 0.1.11-0ubuntu3 amd64 Accessibility Profile Manager - Unity desktop indicator
ii desktop-file-utils 0.23-1ubuntu3.17.10.1 amd64 Utilities for .desktop files
ii gedit 3.22.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
ii gedit-common 3.22.1-1ubuntu1 all official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment (support files)
ii gir1.2-freedesktop:amd64 1.54.1-1 amd64 Introspection data for some FreeDesktop components
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0:amd64 3.24.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 GObject introspection for GSettings desktop-wide schemas
ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0:amd64 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 Introspection data for GnomeDesktop
ii gir1.2-notify-0.7:amd64 0.7.7-2 amd64 sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon (Introspection files)
ii gnome-accessibility-themes 3.22.3-1ubuntu2 all Accessibility themes for the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-calculator 1:3.25.92-0ubuntu1 amd64 GNOME desktop calculator
ii gnome-control-center 1:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.2 amd64 utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-control-center-faces 1:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.2 all utilities to configure the GNOME desktop - faces images
ii gnome-desktop3-data 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 all Common files for GNOME desktop apps
ii gnome-menus 3.13.3-6ubuntu5 amd64 GNOME implementation of the freedesktop menu specification
ii gnome-online-accounts 3.26.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 service to manage online accounts for the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-power-manager 3.25.90-1 amd64 power management tool for the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-shell 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.24.1-1ubuntu1 all GSettings desktop-wide schemas
ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1 all Perl module to use the freedesktop basedir specification
ii libfile-desktopentry-perl 0.22-1 all Perl module to handle freedesktop .desktop files
ii libgnome-desktop-3-12:amd64 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 Utility library for loading .desktop files - runtime files
ii libgnome-menu-3-0:amd64 3.13.3-6ubuntu5 amd64 GNOME implementation of the freedesktop menu specification
ii libkf5notifications-data 5.38.0-0ubuntu1 all Framework for desktop notifications
ii libkf5notifications5:amd64 5.38.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 Framework for desktop notifications
ii libnotify-bin 0.7.7-2 amd64 sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon (Utilities)
ii libnotify4:amd64 0.7.7-2 amd64 sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon
ii libunity-control-center1 15.04.0+17.10.20170930-0ubuntu1 amd64 utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
ii libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop 7.1.4+17.10.20170605-0ubuntu1 all binding to get places into the launcher - desktop def file
ii mousetweaks 3.12.0-1ubuntu3 amd64 mouse accessibility enhancements for the GNOME desktop
ii policykit-desktop-privileges 0.20 all run common desktop actions without password
ii python3-xdg 0.25-4 all Python 3 library to access freedesktop.org standards
ii remmina 1.1.2-4ubuntu1 amd64 remote desktop client for GNOME desktop environment
ii remmina-common 1.1.2-4ubuntu1 all common files for remmina remote desktop client
ii remmina-plugin-rdp 1.1.2-4ubuntu1 amd64 RDP plugin for remmina remote desktop client
ii remmina-plugin-vnc 1.1.2-4ubuntu1 amd64 VNC plugin for remmina remote desktop client
ii slack-desktop 2.6.0 amd64 Slack Desktop
ii sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-1ubuntu1 all freedesktop.org sound theme
ii totem 3.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 Simple media player for the GNOME desktop based on GStreamer
ii ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1 amd64 The Ubuntu desktop system
ii ubuntu-settings 17.10.18 all default settings for the Ubuntu desktop
ii unity-control-center 15.04.0+17.10.20170930-0ubuntu1 amd64 utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
ii unity-scopes-runner 7.1.4+17.10.20170605-0ubuntu1 all desktop runner for misceallenous scopes
rc unity-webapps-service 2.5.0~+16.04.20160201-0ubuntu2 amd64 Service for Web Apps integration with the Unity desktop
rc unity8-desktop-session 1.0.13+17.04.20170328.1-0ubuntu1 all Unity8 desktop session for Mir
ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1ubuntu3.2 all desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org

The release upgrade tries to verify whether you have a "standard Ubuntu" or kubuntu or xubuntu and behaves a bit differently. This identification is done based on the presence of the packages ubuntu-desktop or kubuntu-desktop of xubuntu-desktop.

I do not know what the release upgrader does if there are foreign packages with a "*-desktop" name like slack-desktop in your case.
I suggest that you uninstall that "slack-desktop" package (whatever that is) and try the upgrade again.

Additionally, immediately after the failure of the "sudo do-release-command" please execute

echo $?

and report the results.

Thank you for the explanation.
So, I removed slack-desktop.

Did you mean "sudo do-release-upgrade" instead of "sudo do-release-command"?

So, after sudo do-release-upgrade:

user@user:~$ echo $?
1

Oops. that was a typo error. It should have read … the "sudo do-release-upgrade" command …, but you were able to correctly interpret my nonsense.

Error status 1 does not tell anything.
It seems that I also cannot identify the root cause.
I am running out of ideas.

Have you already considered making backup copies of your important data and to re-start from scratch with a clean installation from an Ubuntu 18.04 installation medium?

You do all your best! I don't know is it your job or your "hobby" but you are professional.

I thought about it, but I don't know Ubuntu well enough. Could you suggest what ways it can be? Like I said previously this is my work laptop and I would like to know if it possible update kernel, or some main components and leave already installed my programs as it is? Or some another, less "pain" way?

Ubuntu 17.10 is not supported any more.
This does not mean that it will stop working, but there will not be any updates.

No new versions of the kernel packages are prepared for this release - it might be possible to download new versions of the kernel packages for other releases manually and to install them manually.

No bug fixes will be provided, not even for critical vulnerabilities (like shellshock, heartbleed, …)

So this means that if I want to use 18.04 the only way is to reinstall from scratch?

Try

wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

I got this

user@user:~$ wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
--2018-09-24 19:14:01-- https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
Resolving dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)... 162.125.66.6, 2620:100:6022:6::a27d:4206
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)|162.125.66.6|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-09-24 19:14:01 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Oh. That's my magic script. Weird. It's just the package fix commands in a convenient file.

Will check it later. It's dead handy

Sure, thanks

wget -O fixpackage https://www.dropbox.com/s/64b4hpbxl4sb2vb/fixpackage?dl=0
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

Should do it. If that fails, just run the below commands:

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This is the output:

user@user:~$ sudo ./fixpackage
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease [237 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease [83,2 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages [1.071 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages [1.067 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main Translation-en [542 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [397 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [263 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted amd64 Packages [8.852 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted i386 Packages [8.876 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/restricted Translation-en [2.788 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe i386 Packages [8.066 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages [8.103 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe Translation-en [4.789 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.845 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [7.915 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse i386 Packages [143 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse amd64 Packages [150 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [43,8 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [207 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main i386 Packages [268 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main amd64 Packages [272 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main Translation-en [124 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [88,4 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [50,0 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/restricted i386 Packages [2.188 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [2.200 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/restricted Translation-en [1.284 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe amd64 Packages [124 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe i386 Packages [123 kB]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe Translation-en [69,6 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [84,7 kB]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [106 kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [4.272 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [4.128 B]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/multiverse Translation-en [2.264 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.468 B]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [2.638 B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/main amd64 Packages [1.516 B]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/main i386 Packages [1.512 B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/main Translation-en [668 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/universe amd64 Packages [4.076 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/universe i386 Packages [3.848 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/universe Translation-en [2.116 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5.084 B]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [2.717 B]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main amd64 Packages [176 kB]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main i386 Packages [174 kB]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main Translation-en [80,1 kB]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [32,7 kB]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [37,0 kB]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/restricted amd64 Packages [2.200 B]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/restricted i386 Packages [2.188 B]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/restricted Translation-en [1.284 B]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe i386 Packages [71,4 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe amd64 Packages [72,0 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe Translation-en [42,8 kB]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [40,2 kB]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [50,3 kB]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1.980 B]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1.824 B]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/multiverse Translation-en [1.124 B]
Fetched 38,4 MB in 6s (5.593 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.17.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.10.20180208-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

But I still locked to upgrade

I've been following this post as i'm in the same situation. Was a solution found in the end?

No, David, I still locked to upgrade. Maybe it is a good idea to install 18.04 from scratch..

Is it possible that any of the following software I have installed could be preventing the upgrade?

CUDA
ros (robot operating system)
anaconda
Steam (gaming engine)