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I encountered following problems on running Update Manager to upgrade to 14.04
Code:
Third party sources disabled
Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager.
and
Code:
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.
so do any of the suggested reasons apply to you? Can you provide us with any more information?
Evo2.
Hi,
This box have been running 12.04 for long time. I haven't upgraded it to 14.04 because Virtualbox is running on it. I'm worrying whether running upgrade to 14.04 will cause problem to Virtualbox.
There was no problem encountered. It just came to my notice that on starting VM following warning popup.
Code:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine homeub1404.
The virtual machine 'homeub1404' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
Details
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Machine
Interface:
IMachine {480cf695-2d8d-4256-9c7c-cce4184fa048}
and
Code:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing
'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
VM fails to start.
I wonder whether I have to proceed upgrading to 14.04 first before sorting out the problem re startubg VM
Virtualbox uses kernel drivers that will indeed need reconfiguration for any new kernel. So both regular updates and distribution updates could cause Virtualbox issues that are usually easily resolvable.
You probably have dkms already, but if not, perform:
Code:
sudo apt-get install dkms virtualbox-dkms
For the upgrade, in the "Software & Updates" gui, on the "Updates" tab, you may need to change the last item "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" to "For long-term support versions".
Virtualbox uses kernel drivers that will indeed need reconfiguration for any new kernel. So both regular updates and distribution updates could cause Virtualbox issues that are usually easily resolvable.
You probably have dkms already, but if not, perform:
Code:
sudo apt-get install dkms virtualbox-dkms
For the upgrade, in the "Software & Updates" gui, on the "Updates" tab, you may need to change the last item "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" to "For long-term support versions".
You may need to perform:
Code:
sudo do-upgrade-release -d
Hi,
Thanks for your advice.
I encountered a serious problem. I forgot to mention the VirturalBox was download on Oracle Virtualbox website.
On account of the problems in re;
1) Upgrade 12.04 to 14.04
2) Virtualbox Manager
I'm considering to make a clean installation of Ubuntu 14.04
Hardware configuration
SSD 120G - for OS Ubuntu 12.04
2T WD HDD - for data storage
1T WD HDD - for VM folder
$ sudo fdisk -l
Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cde8a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 234440703 116969473 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 234440703 116969472 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00064d3a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 501758 3907028991 1953263617 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 501760 391124991 195311616 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 391127040 393078783 975872 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 393080832 3907028991 1756974080 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 501758 3907028991 1953263617 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 501760 391124991 195311616 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 391127040 393078783 975872 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 393080832 3907028991 1756974080 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c92e3
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 1953523711 976760832 83 Linux
Disk /dev/mapper/localhost-root: 85.5 GB, 85513469952 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10396 cylinders, total 167018496 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/localhost-root doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/localhost-swap_1: 34.3 GB, 34259075072 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4165 cylinders, total 66912256 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/localhost-swap_1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
From my recollection, several year before I used the SSD in combination with 2T WD HDD to install the OS - Ubuntu 12.04 and added the 1T WD HDD later for holding the VMs.
For safety reason before making a clean installation of Ubuntu 14.04 I'll disconnect the cables of both 2T and 1T HDDs. After a successful installation I'll reconnect the cables and install Virturalbox download from Oracle Virtualbox website.
Suggestion and comment would be appreciated. Thanks
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