Folks, At the risk of sounding in inappropriately (again), I wanted to reiterate that the bug report I filed was when I tried to update my Pentium M ThinkPad from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.04.3 / 12.04.4.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/336527/how-to-upgrade- ubuntu-12-04-2-12-04-3-to-12-04-4-the-next-hardware- enablement/417581#417581 http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/ubuntu-12-04-4-released-new-kernel http://www.ubuntuask.com/q/answers-why-12-04-2-to-12-04-3-didnt-upgrade- kernel-3-5-3-8-and-or-xorg-368181.html That was where I created unmet dependencies and hosed my upgrade manager until I undid via the Synaptic Package Manager. Neither in the read me nor on any of the above pages did I understand that I should not do such an upgrade on a notebook with non-PAE processor. Also, as I was trying to perform the update, I did not get an error message until the upgrade was partially complete. Will the work done help people like me, those with a non-PAE processor who try to upgrade to a more current version of the 12.04 LTS? Again, I want to repeat how much respect and appreciation I have for the work you folks do. -F. Stephen Costa On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I added some text about Pentium M to > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingPAE . There is now some > overlap with https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE - they pages could > probably do with being merged and cleaned up. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1280638). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160346 > > Title: > do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium-M fails, breaks system > without any warning (This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU) > > Status in Ubuntu Release Upgrader: > New > Status in "linux" package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-release-upgrader" package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > Attempting to upgrade from Precise with a non-PAE kernel will result > in a failed upgrade. do-release-upgrade should check whether the user > is using a non-PAE kernel and refuse to run, rather than upgrading to > a broken system with no installed kernel. > > After downloading 1.5GB+ of data and over 1000 new packages, the > upgrade will eventually report failure. Looking through the logs there > is no kernel installed because of the error "This kernel does not > support a non-PAE CPU.": > > Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic.^M > Unpacking linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic (from > .../linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic_3.5.0-26.42_i386.deb) ...^M > This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.^M > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic_3.5.0-26.42_i386.deb > (--unpack):^M > subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1^M > No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already > > Related bugs: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/897786 Kernel is > dropping non-PAE flavour > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068862 upgrade from > 12.04 to 12.10 on a sans-pae CPU leaves kernel broken > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1160346/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160346 Title: do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium-M fails, breaks system without any warning (This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU) Status in Ubuntu Release Upgrader: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Attempting to upgrade from Precise with a non-PAE kernel will result in a failed upgrade. do-release-upgrade should check whether the user is using a non-PAE kernel and refuse to run, rather than upgrading to a broken system with no installed kernel. After downloading 1.5GB+ of data and over 1000 new packages, the upgrade will eventually report failure. Looking through the logs there is no kernel installed because of the error "This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.": Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic.^M Unpacking linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic (from .../linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic_3.5.0-26.42_i386.deb) ...^M This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.^M dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic_3.5.0-26.42_i386.deb (--unpack):^M subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1^M No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Related bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/897786 Kernel is dropping non-PAE flavour https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068862 upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 on a sans-pae CPU leaves kernel broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1160346/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
