[Bug 1534374] Re: unable to upgrade to 15.04 due to libstdc++6 SRU

[Gary Krueger]

I abandoned the release-upgrader route for upgrading from root encrypted
14.04 LTS pretty quickly.  I later tried to upgrade by downloading to a
USB key and reinstalling.  However, the current Ubuntu 15.04 and 15.10
has a problem with broken encryption.  So, encrypting partitions was
broke in a way that made it very difficult to know why the install
wasn't working.

Root encrypted 14.04 LTS had always been a problem for me.  It would
boot up in a way that left the screen blank.  In order to unencrypt to
complete the bootup, I had to ALT-CTRL-F6 then ALT-CTRL-F7 to get it to
ask for the encryption key.

What forced me to try to upgrade was that the (Broadcom) WiFi broke, and
I forgot that I had read that updates and upgrades may break the WiFi
that was installed.

It would also crash on occasion when suspending (after several
suspensions).

So, I reverted to an unencrypted install of 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr).
Then, when creating the user account, I selected the option for
encryption of the user directory.  Much easier.  And the machine is now
much more reliable.

So far, I have done more than several suspends and it has been rock
solid.

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Title:
  unable to upgrade to 15.04 due to libstdc++6 SRU

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  initially had a problem with X when i installed a new Nvidia video
  card.  got that working but only one monitor was functioning (other is
  displayport).  Thought maybe upgrading to a new release might fix the
  problem.  Software update only offered 15.04, so I said ok and tried
  to upgrade.  It crashed with the info attached.  rebooted just in
  case, but still get the same problem

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-57.77~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt20
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-57-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Thu Jan 14 18:38:01 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-14 (306 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-01-14 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
   
  mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2016-01-14T18:29:51.136835

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