[Bug 2154233] [NEW] Unable to do-release-upgrade -d
Larry Reid
2154233 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon May 25 20:47:12 UTC 2026
Public bug reported:
Unable to upgrade laptop. `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` gives:
```
# Removed pre-amble
Continue [yN] y
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [833 B]
Get:2 Upgrade tool [950 kB]
Fetched 951 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py:237: Warning: W:Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file 'resolute.tar.gz.gpg' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
result = fetcher.run()
authenticate 'resolute.tar.gz' against 'resolute.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'resolute.tar.gz'
Reading cache
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease
Hit https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/slimbook/slimbook/ubuntu noble InRelease
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Checking for installed snaps
Calculating snap size requirements
Updating repository information
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-security InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-backports InRelease
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating the changes
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If
you want to investigate this yourself the log files in
'/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade.
Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'.
Restoring original system state
Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-117.117-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-117-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon May 25 14:43:15 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-26 (1369 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-05-25 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
Start-Date: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
Requested-By: reid (1000)
End-Date: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
Log started: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
Log ended: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
# set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
# you can temporarily override this with
# sudo service apport start force_start=1
enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2022-08-26T03:00:13.746746
** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade noble wayland-session
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Title:
Unable to do-release-upgrade -d
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Unable to upgrade laptop. `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` gives:
```
# Removed pre-amble
Continue [yN] y
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [833 B]
Get:2 Upgrade tool [950 kB]
Fetched 951 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py:237: Warning: W:Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file 'resolute.tar.gz.gpg' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
result = fetcher.run()
authenticate 'resolute.tar.gz' against 'resolute.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'resolute.tar.gz'
Reading cache
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease
Hit https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/slimbook/slimbook/ubuntu noble InRelease
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Checking for installed snaps
Calculating snap size requirements
Updating repository information
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-security InRelease
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-backports InRelease
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating the changes
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If
you want to investigate this yourself the log files in
'/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade.
Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'.
Restoring original system state
Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-117.117-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-117-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon May 25 14:43:15 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-26 (1369 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-05-25 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
Start-Date: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
Requested-By: reid (1000)
End-Date: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
Log started: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
Log ended: 2026-05-25 14:39:20
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
# set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
# you can temporarily override this with
# sudo service apport start force_start=1
enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2022-08-26T03:00:13.746746
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