[Bug 1098562] [NEW] A dialog with unreadable characters appear during Lucid-> Precise desktop upgrade

[Parameswaran Sivatharman]

Public bug reported:

A dialog with un-readable characters pop up during Lucid-> Precise
desktop upgrades making it impossible to complete the upgrade. Occurs
with both amd64 and i386 upgrades and has been observed in every
upgrades using KVM.


Steps:
1. Install Lucid desktop (amd64 or i386)
2. Update the packages using sudo apt-get update or the Update manager in System-> Adninistration
3. Upgrade the system to Precise using update-manager -c -d in the terminal or Update manager tool above
4. The above said pop up dialog will appear. ( the acreen shto attached)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.102-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:07:05 2013
GsettingsChanges:
 
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20120214.2)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-11 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 precise qa-daily-testing qa-manual-testing

** Attachment added: "screen.jpg"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098562/+attachment/3480180/+files/screen.jpg

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Title:
  A dialog with unreadable characters appear during Lucid-> Precise
  desktop upgrade

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A dialog with un-readable characters pop up during Lucid-> Precise
  desktop upgrades making it impossible to complete the upgrade. Occurs
  with both amd64 and i386 upgrades and has been observed in every
  upgrades using KVM.

  
  Steps:
  1. Install Lucid desktop (amd64 or i386)
  2. Update the packages using sudo apt-get update or the Update manager in System-> Adninistration
  3. Upgrade the system to Precise using update-manager -c -d in the terminal or Update manager tool above
  4. The above said pop up dialog will appear. ( the acreen shto attached)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.102-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jan 11 13:07:05 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
   
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20120214.2)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-11 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'

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