[Bug 2150175] [NEW] do-release-upgrade to 26.04 fails when customizations present in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols

Fri Apr 24 01:51:05 UTC 2026

Public bug reported:

I had previously unsupportedly placed files and dpkg-diversions in
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols . While unpacking the xkb-data package, it
complained about not owning the files there and crashed. This left the
system in a state where systemd, dbus, and python3 were half-installed
and broken. Most severely, `apt` stopped working, and showed failures to
load shared libraries. I had to `dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/something*.deb` to resume the upgrade. Please
prevent do-release-upgrade from starting if there are extra files, and
ask the user to move them to `~/.config/xkb`.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: xkb-data 2.46-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-14.14-generic 7.0.0
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Apr 23 21:42:56 2026
Dependencies:

DistUpgraded: 2026-04-23 21:28:28,403 INFO ubuntu-insights not available, skipping collection
DistroCodename: resolute
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-11-05 (1266 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7C37
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-7.0.0-14-generic root=/dev/mapper/ssdcrypt ro fbcon=font:TER16x32 rootflags=nombcache,nodev splash usbcore.autosuspend=-1
SourcePackage: xkeyboard-config
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to resolute on 2026-04-24 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/03/2025
dmi.bios.release: 5.17
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
dmi.bios.version: H.Q0
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37)
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: 3.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: 3.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrH.Q0:bd09/03/2025:br5.17:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnMS-7C37:pvr3.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnX570-APRO(MS-7C37):rvr3.0:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr3.0:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pfaTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: MS-7C37
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: 3.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.131-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 26.0.5~kisak1~q
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 23.3.4~kisak1~l
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.22-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute ubuntu wayland-session

** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade to 26.04 fails when customizations present in
  /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in xkeyboard-config package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I had previously unsupportedly placed files and dpkg-diversions in
  /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols . While unpacking the xkb-data package, it
  complained about not owning the files there and crashed. This left the
  system in a state where systemd, dbus, and python3 were half-installed
  and broken. Most severely, `apt` stopped working, and showed failures
  to load shared libraries. I had to `dpkg -i
  /var/cache/apt/archives/something*.deb` to resume the upgrade. Please
  prevent do-release-upgrade from starting if there are extra files, and
  ask the user to move them to `~/.config/xkb`.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
  Package: xkb-data 2.46-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-14.14-generic 7.0.0
  Uname: Linux 7.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Apr 23 21:42:56 2026
  Dependencies:

  DistUpgraded: 2026-04-23 21:28:28,403 INFO ubuntu-insights not available, skipping collection
  DistroCodename: resolute
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-11-05 (1266 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
  MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7C37
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-7.0.0-14-generic root=/dev/mapper/ssdcrypt ro fbcon=font:TER16x32 rootflags=nombcache,nodev splash usbcore.autosuspend=-1
  SourcePackage: xkeyboard-config
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to resolute on 2026-04-24 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/03/2025
  dmi.bios.release: 5.17
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
  dmi.bios.version: H.Q0
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37)
  dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: 3.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
  dmi.chassis.version: 3.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrH.Q0:bd09/03/2025:br5.17:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnMS-7C37:pvr3.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnX570-APRO(MS-7C37):rvr3.0:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr3.0:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pfaTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.product.name: MS-7C37
  dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: 3.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.131-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 26.0.5~kisak1~q
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 23.3.4~kisak1~l
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.22-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

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