Comments on: Ubuntu Edgy Upgrade Common Problems With solutions

By: Shivu

Shivu — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:03:19 +0000

Hi,
I’m ubuntu user whenever i execute su command even though i typed correct password its showing authentication failure. please help me

By: steve

steve — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:10:41 +0000

After I installed updates in ubuntu 9.10 I cant boot. All I get is sh:grub> . I did not update grub because this happed before and I had to reinstall. I cant boot from the live cd . I can boot windows ( but no one wants to use that) . What do I do now ? do I have to reinstall and not do any updates?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:20:04 +0000

Same problem as #52 and #53
is there an answer to this?
thanks

By: Alberto

Alberto — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:00:25 +0000

I have the same problem as Drew (#52). Only difference, I have been working with 6.06 for quite a while. Is this a problem with the repositories, or something else?

By: drew

drew — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:34:09 +0000

Trying to get upgraded to latest version of Ubuntuand cannot get 6.10. My terminal says… gksudo update manager
warnings.warn(“apt API not stable yet”, Future warning)
Then nothing. The Update Manager finds no upgrades Ijust got and installed the 6.06. Were are the install upgrades? Thanks

By: Ibo

Ibo — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:45:18 +0000

I bought a refurbished laptop with ubuntu but it will not allow me to install anything at all and will not run any setup. The CD’s do not run automatically. I have to open them manually and when I click on “setup.exe” I get the message “couldnt display /media/cdrom0/setup.exe”. Can anyone help?

By: Devvrath Khatri

Devvrath Khatri — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:33:25 +0000

I tried to reinstall xserver
my graphic card is Geforce 8600M

but when i use the command
apt-get install xserver-xorg

it says xserver-xorg is already the newest version
and then on restart , the xserver still dont start

any idea , pls

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:29:51 +0000

I upgraded my desktop machine using method 1 and it worked fine, except that I was then left without my wireless connection, which has run on this machine through several versions of ubuntu and debian. When I go into networking I get 2 wired connections, but no wireless ???

By: mike

mike — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:36:19 +0000

you need the key in order to do the up date follow link below works gooood.. have fun with linux everyday…

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-2.html

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:17:23 +0000

oops, forgot to mention one thing. This just happened last night. I was running Xubuntu 6.10, I just locked my computer as I usually do before I go to bed, then the next morning, the screensaver is on, so I enter my password, but it doesn’t work (it doesn’t even appear to check, it just looks like it automatically says “Sorry!”). I wasn’t doing any upgrades or anything unusual (just watched a couple TV shows, had some stuff downloading in Azureus).. then suddenly the next morning, this.

I tried to click New Login, but I got some error, and then an “Authentication Failed” message which would pop up again after clicking “OK”. So I did a hard reboot, went into recovery mode, and from what I remember, some scripts started.. something to do with “bottom”. Both “bottom” scripts began, and returned “Done”.. and then, like Mike said, just a blinking cursor.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:10:19 +0000

I have the same problem as Mike (#31, http://www.debianadmin.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html#comment-2804). Anyone have any ideas?? So random..

By: A Jones

A Jones — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:50:03 +0000

After installing Edgy Eft the Samsung_unified_driver for my CLP-300N Colour Laser Printer no lomger prints, It works in Dapper Drake! Any ideas?

By: nojhan

nojhan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:07:56 +0000

The perl locale warnings upgrading to Edgy can block the installation. In that case, type :
unset LC_ALL LANGUAGE LANG

And reconfigure your locales at the end of the upgrade.

By: C. B. Gathwright

C. B. Gathwright — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:23:26 +0000

…. First time install,ver6.10, partitioning did NOT work on an XP system with plenty of room. Am continuing to understand and fix the problem. Find that I need more updated information.

Thanks

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:18:00 +0000

Additionally I tried to run update manager with the -c command via gksu as i dused to upgrade to edgy and got this …

warning: could not initiate dbus
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/update-manager”, line 87, in ?
app.main(options)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py”, line 960, in main
self.fillstore()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py”, line 808, in fillstore
self.initCache()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py”, line 898, in initCache
self.cache = MyCache(progress)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py”, line 90, in __init__
apt.Cache.__init__(self, progress)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/cache.py”, line 36, in __init__
self.open(progress)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/cache.py”, line 53, in open
self._cache = apt_pkg.GetCache(progress)
SystemError: E:Type ‘dev’ is not known on line 58 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list, E:The list of sources could not be read.

THanks again, your tutorials are excellent and i hope theres a fix for my situation.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:06:29 +0000

When running Synaptic.

E: Type ‘dev’ is not known on line 58 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.

and on reload repositories

E: Type ‘dev’ is not known on line 58 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: Unable to lock the list directory

Update notifictaion on mouseover reads

A error occured, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get on a terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: ‘Error: Opening the cache (E:Type ‘dev’ is not known on line 58 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list, E:THe list of soucres could not be read.)”

THanks,

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:22:08 +0000

The reinstall option in apt-get install requires two dashes
eg.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-ati

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:06:09 +0000

I still have a no-go system. I have to select the old kernel to use the computer! I’m getting the “v2.6 :USB HID core driver” error aswell as “Can’t access tty; job control turned off”. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

By: brotherga2

brotherga2 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:51:29 +0000

I upgraded after being unsuccessful at a clean installation because I have the following problem:
The mouse won’t work sometimes. Most of the time.

I tried dpkg-reconifure xserver-xorg and the mouse worked after a restart, so i left it on overnight. In the morning, I found the computer off, and when turned on, no mouse.

How can I get this to work.

It seems that USB simply dies every once in a while (it’s not the mouse…it’s usb. the lsusb command doesn’t show up anything.)

By: Lasher

Lasher — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:00:02 +0000

My also locks up on…drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver, but it will still boot. I has to time out and it will work. It make take like 5 minutes but mine will boot if I just wait long enough. I have tried disabling USB 2.0 in my BIOS but it does not resolve the problem.