| Walt Mankowski via plug on 26 May 2024 18:27:48 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] System won't boot after failed upgrade from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04 |
Well, I eventually managed to login in single user mode. It's a mess. Most of /usr/share is missing, for instance. I tried running apt --fix-broken install I fixed a few things, but I think things are too far gone. Time for a new box, I think! Sigh. Walt On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 08:22:38PM -0400, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote: > Update -- I did a little Googling today and I found the solution to > one of my problems. Both my keyboard and the flash drive need to be > plugged into normal non-usb3 ports for them to be detected by the boot > loader. > > I still haven't fixed anything, but at least now I'm able to load > Ubuntu 24.04 very slowly! > > Walt > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 06:57:55AM -0400, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote: > > Good idea. I'd try that, if only it would let me get into the bios menu! > > > > Sigh. > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 10:56:38PM -0400, Rachel plays Linux via plug wrote: > > > You may need to turn off secure boot in the bios un order to boot from the > > > USB stick. > > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024, 9:59 PM Walt Mankowski via plug < > > > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Nope, still not working. > > > > > > > > So I've made a supposedly bootable Ubuntu USB stick using the official > > > > Ubuntu instructions at > > > > > > > > https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#1-overview > > > > > > > > I plugged it into the back of my case and rebooted. > > > > > > > > When it starts the boot process, I bang on F12 to get into the boot > > > > menu. > > > > > > > > I tell it to boot from a USB-HDD. It still boots up from the internal > > > > HDD. > > > > > > > > So then I adjusted a few things. I unplugged my backup drive, which is > > > > also an external USB HDD. I unplugged my keyboard from the hub and > > > > plugged it directly into the case, in the spot where the backup drive > > > > was. > > > > > > > > Now it won't even go into the boot menu anymore! It completely ignores > > > > my taps on F12 (also DEL, which goes into the BIOS menu) and starts > > > > booting up. > > > > > > > > I'm out of things to try and ready to just go buy a new box. Anyone > > > > have suggestions on other things to try? > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 09:37:41PM -0400, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote: > > > > > Thanks, but I'm afraid the time to do this was about 12 hours ago. Now > > > > > I'm trying to get it to boot off the Ubuntu install disk I just > > > > > flashed to a flash drive. This is also proving to be problematic. I'm > > > > > hoping it's because it was formatted as exfat instead of fat, so now > > > > > I've reformatted it and I'm reflashing it. > > > > > > > > > > Wish me luck! > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 08:56:58PM -0400, Rich Mingin (PLUG) via plug > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Don't overthink it. Boot a friendly live USB (if you use full disk > > > > > > encryption, make sure it supports your flavor), fire up any of the > > > > > > nicer partition editors, and enlarge usr a bit. Maybe a lot, if you > > > > > > have the disk space for it. I think pretty much every filesystem > > > > > > supports offline resize *up*, some like XFS don't support resizing > > > > > > *down*, so that might be an issue, but once you have enough space, you > > > > > > should be able to boot and apt install --fix-broken or chroot and do > > > > > > same. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know it's barn door after horses come home, but I always try to make > > > > > > sure I have plenty of free space, especially on /usr, when I'm > > > > > > performing a large upgrade on Debian/Ubuntu based systems. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 5:52 PM Walt Mankowski via plug > > > > > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (I posted a version of this email to ubuntu-users a short time > > > > > > > ago. Hopefully with the collected knowledge of them and PLUG I can > > > > > > > recover my system!) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried to upgrade my desktop box from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04 today > > > > and > > > > > > > it failed. It ran out of disk space on /usr midway through the > > > > > > > install, leaving things in a weird state. I was able to run `apt > > > > > > > upgrade` and install a large number of packages, but several 100 more > > > > > > > were still in a state where they were being held. I tried doing > > > > > > > another `apt do-release-upgrade`, but by that point it thought it was > > > > > > > already on 24.04 and so it returned immediately. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At this point I tried rebooting to see if that would clear things up, > > > > > > > That was a mistake. Not it's not booting up. If gets pretty far into > > > > > > > the boot process then fails. The messages scroll off the screen and I > > > > > > > can't see all of them.. The last one says > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Failed to start svscan.service - Daemontools service scanner. > > > > > > > See 'systemctl status svscan.service' for details. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (I can't get to a login prompt so I can't actually run that command > > > > to > > > > > > > see details.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Above that I see that dbus.service failed to start. And above that I > > > > > > > see a bunch of failed dependencies for half a dozen SSSD responder > > > > > > > sockets. I'm not able to scroll up beyond that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do nightly backups so with any luck I haven't lost any data. Is > > > > > > > there any way I can get back in there in single user mode and have it > > > > > > > finish the upgrade to 24.04? Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > > > > > > Announcements - > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > > > > General Discussion -- > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > > > > > Announcements - > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > > > General Discussion -- > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > > > > Announcements - > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > > General Discussion -- > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > > > Announcements - > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > General Discussion -- > > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug