Can't upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy

[durruti]

I tried to follow the instructions here,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades/Kubuntu

tried both from the CD and from internet.

Tried CD because in Adept I don't get "Version Upgrade" button to light up. It's always greyed out.

When I tried "cdromupgrade", I got the error, "can't upgrade frm n/a to hardy heron"

So, the question becomes, why is my system not being seen as Gutsy Gibbon?

TIA

[Snowhog]

Re: Can't upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy

Are you sure you have the 'alternate' CD? If it's the LiveCD, this isn't going to work.

[Guest]

Re: Can't upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy

There are instructions for upgrading to the new distribution?

I am surprised, because it really is a no-brainer: Open adept, click "Fetch Updates", then hit the big button named "Version Upgrade", and there you go. Easy and intuitive.

Except it doesn't work.
In fact, it never worked for me before.

However, for the last two upgrades, I could "trigger" the upgrade in adept and then do an "apt-get upgrade" to get the new distribution manually. That always worked for me, however with Hardy that seems to be broken too now.

BTW: Is there yet another tool for installing the nVidia kernel modules this time? So far with every new Kubuntu release, the tool from the last upgrade was broken and replaced by a newer fancier one. Oh, don't bother to tell me, I can deal with nasty surprises ...

/rant off

Sorry for trolling. Kubuntu has been my favourite distro for years, and still is. If it wasn't "the best", I wouldn't use it and troll somewhere else instead.

[Rog131]

Re: Can't upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy

I don't get "Version Upgrade" button to light up. It's always greyed out.

Have you tried in the konsole:

kdesudo adept_manager

Any error messages ?

Here:

kbuildsycoca running...
kapture::PkgSystem::PkgSystem()
debconf
adduser
sysklogd
snort-mysql
oinkmaster
kdecore (KProcess): WARNING: _attachPty() 12
debconf
adduser
sysklogd
snort-mysql
oinkmaster
kdecore (KProcess): WARNING: _attachPty() 39

When I tried "cdromupgrade", I got the error, "can't upgrade frm n/a to hardy heron"
So, the question becomes, why is my system not being seen as Gutsy Gibbon?

What tells (example with my GG KDE 3.5.8):

kde-config --version

Qt: 3.3.7
KDE: 3.5.8
kde-config: 1.0

uname -r

2.6.22-15-generic

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Codename: gutsy

Other ways to upgrade:
> Topic: Upgrade Test
> Topic: Can update to 8.04 from the command line?


There will be Hardy Heron 8.04.1:

Steve Langasek Mon Jun 23 10:08:25 BST 2008

Those of you that have been enjoying the new Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release will
have noticed a significant number of stable release updates trickling in
over the past two months....

we're now just two short weeks away from the scheduled release of 8.04.1,
the first point release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS...