upgrade to new 11.10 distribution version fails

Asked by geoffm

Upgrade to 11.10 fails with: Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

 This can be caused by:
 * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug update-manager' in a terminal.
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Not sure why...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.150.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 8 13:35:51 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-08 (0 days ago)

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RedSingularity (redsingularity) said :
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RedSingularity (redsingularity) said :
#2

Converted to a support request. Feel free to leave comments here.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#3

Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

If marco's command doesn't work, can you please post the output. Thanks

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geoffm (geoffm-companionway) said :
#5

Running apt-get dist-upgrade showed a conflict between dolphin and konqueror I had to remove them both then the upgrade worked ok (with the exception that I had to remove the /run directory manually as noted in other bug messages on the internet).

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kapare (kevyn-alexandre-pare) said :
#6

didn't work for me

Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
caused by held packages.

This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
command 'ubuntu-bug update-manager' in a terminal.

Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
=== Command detached from window (Mon Jan 16 12:20:56 2012) ===
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Mon Jan 16 12:20:56 2012) ===

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#7

Disable 3rd party repos in software centre including the partner repo.

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kapare (kevyn-alexandre-pare) said :
#8

Still not working

thx