[10.10] Update Manager Does Not Show 11.04 distro upgrade

Lord Hakk · 06-19-2011, 08:45 PM

Ok, so my update manager keeps saying I have updated everything, but it won't show the new 11.04 release. I did everything the documentation says, including change the release upgrade file so its pointed to normal distro upgrades.

Can somebody help?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 06-20-2011, 08:34 AM

Did you start the update manager with the -d option? Do alt & f2 to bring up your run dialog box then type:

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update-manager -d

Lord Hakk · 06-20-2011, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Did you start the update manager with the -d option? Do alt & f2 to bring up your run dialog box then type:

Code:

update-manager -d

well thats weird, It worked this time. Oh, I bet I wasn't putting the space between the update-manager and the -d

JZL240I-U · 06-21-2011, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord Hakk

... I bet I wasn't putting the space between the update-manager and the -d

No. "update-manager-d" would have caused a"unknown command" error.

PBIteach · 10-11-2011, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Did you start the update manager with the -d option? Do alt & f2 to bring up your run dialog box then type:

Code:

update-manager -d

I followed this advice, but the Update Manager still shows that there are no more updates. I ran this script twice.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 10-11-2011, 11:21 PM

What release are you running? That command is to upgrade from one release to the next, it's not what you use for doing your regular updates.

PBIteach · 10-13-2011, 06:53 AM

I am still new to this. Using "head -n1 /etc/issue", the command returned "Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l"
Is this the correct information you are asking for?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 10-13-2011, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBIteach

I am still new to this. Using "head -n1 /etc/issue", the command returned "Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l"
Is this the correct information you are asking for?

Not quite but the information I need is there. In future to find your current release via commandline do:

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cat /etc/issue

or

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lsb_release -a

or

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cat /etc/lsb-release

Each one gives you varying degrees of information. Try them out and see.

Now are you trying to upgrade from 10.10 to another release? or do you just want to apply updates to your current 10.10 release?

PBIteach · 10-13-2011, 05:46 PM

I want to upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 on my mini 9 netbook, but when I have run the Upgrade Manager, it always tells me that there are no upgrades. Is the mini 9 netbook capable of handling Ubuntu 11.04?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 10-13-2011, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBIteach

Is the mini 9 netbook capable of handling Ubuntu 11.04?

I have no idea. However are you sure you are using the method shown above? I'll go through the GUI, then the commandline way.

Start Synaptic Package Manager--> Click Reload--> Click Mark All Updates then Apply them (if any). Close Synaptic when done. Press Alt & F2 in the run box that appears type:

Code:

update-manager -d

now click run. At the top of the window that appears you should notification of an update to 11.04.

If the above doesn't work you can do the same thing via commandline.

Start a terminal session, then type:

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sudo apt-get update (Similar to doing Reload)

then

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sudo apt-get upgrade (Similar to clicking Apply)

then

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (Similar to running update-manager -d)

PBIteach · 10-14-2011, 12:17 AM

This is what I get:

Setting up firmware-b43-installer (4.150.10.5-4) ...
Not supported low-power chip with PCI id 14e4:4315!
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
firmware-b43-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

PBIteach · 10-17-2011, 07:34 PM

[SOLVED]

I did a new install of 11.10.

Thanks