[EdLUG] Fwd: XUbuntu Upgrade

Roy roy at crossford.net
Tue Oct 6 21:22:58 UTC 2020


Andrew,

As you have 'lm', its a 64 bit capable CPU.

A 64 bit upgrade/install is the way ahead.


Regards,

Roy Bamford



On 06/10/2020 21:20, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$ grep lm /proc/cpuinfo
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx 
> rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology tsc_reliable 
> nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe 
> popcnt tsc_deadline_timer rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch epb pti ibrs 
> ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erms 
> dtherm ida arat md_clear
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx 
> rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology tsc_reliable 
> nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe 
> popcnt tsc_deadline_timer rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch epb pti ibrs 
> ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erms 
> dtherm ida arat md_clear
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$
>
> On 06/10/2020 21:15, Roy wrote:
>>
>> What does
>>
>> grep lm /proc/cpuinfo    in a terminal window tell?
>>
>> tell?
>>
>> lm means 'long machine', which is the flag for a 64 bit capable CPU.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Roy Bamford
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/10/2020 20:51, Gábor Majoros wrote:
>>> "There will not be any further Ubuntu releases for this system's
>>> 'i386' architecture. "
>>>
>>> This is a 32bit install? If so on 20.04 is 64bit only.
>>> If the hardware supports 64bit probably want to reinstall if not 
>>> start thinking about a new hw?
>>>
>>> Gabor
>>>
>>> On Tue, 6 Oct 2020, 20:43 Tai Kedzierski, <dch.tai at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:dch.tai at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Looks like my solution for Andrew was not correct. Anybody have
>>>     any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>     ===
>>>     Tai Kedzierski
>>>
>>>     EdLUG Maintainer: https://edlug.gitlab.io/
>>>
>>>     Edinburgh Language Meetup Organiser
>>>     https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Language-Exchange-Meetup-Group/
>>>
>>>     /Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price./
>>>     https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>     From: *Andrew Ramage* <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com>>
>>>     Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 20:39
>>>     Subject: Re: XUbuntu Upgrade
>>>     To: <dch.tai at gmail.com <mailto:dch.tai at gmail.com>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$ sudo apt install -y
>>>     ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
>>>     [sudo] password for andrew:
>>>     Sorry, try again.
>>>     [sudo] password for andrew:
>>>     Reading package lists... Done
>>>     Building dependency tree
>>>     Reading state information... Done
>>>     ubuntu-release-upgrader-core is already the newest version
>>>     (1:18.04.38).
>>>     0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
>>>     andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
>>>     [sudo] password for andrew:
>>>     Checking for a new Ubuntu release
>>>     Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [1,554 B]
>>>     Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,342 kB]
>>>     Fetched 1,344 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
>>>     authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg'
>>>     extracting 'focal.tar.gz'
>>>
>>>     Reading cache
>>>
>>>     Checking package manager
>>>     Reading package lists... Done
>>>     Building dependency tree
>>>     Reading state information... Done
>>>     Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
>>>     Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates
>>>     InRelease [88.7 kB]
>>>     Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security
>>>     InRelease [88.7 kB]
>>>     Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/midori/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease
>>>     Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports
>>>     InRelease [74.6 kB]
>>>     Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu wily InRelease
>>>     Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu vivid
>>>     InRelease
>>>     Err http://ppa.launchpad.net/midori/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release
>>>       404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
>>>     Hit https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu zesty InRelease
>>>     Get:4 https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable stable InRelease [2,591 B]
>>>     Hit https://packages.cisofy.com/community/lynis/deb stable
>>>     InRelease
>>>     Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-updates/universe Sources [428 kB]
>>>     Get:6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main
>>>     Sources [494 kB]
>>>     Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main
>>>     i386 Packages [1,119 kB]
>>>     Get:8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main
>>>     i386 DEP-11 Metadata [295 kB]
>>>     Get:9 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [1,541 kB]
>>>     Get:10 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-updates/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [286 kB]
>>>     Get:11 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-updates/multiverse i386 DEP-11 Metadata [2,468 B]
>>>     Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main
>>>     Sources [234 kB]
>>>     Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main
>>>     i386 Packages [824 kB]
>>>     Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main
>>>     i386 DEP-11 Metadata [48.9 kB]
>>>     Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-security/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [57.1 kB]
>>>     Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-security/multiverse i386 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
>>>     Get:17 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>>>     bionic-backports/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [9,288 B]
>>>     Get:18 https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable stable/non-free amd64
>>>     Packages [1,874 B]
>>>     Fetched 5,597 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
>>>     Reading package lists... Done
>>>     Building dependency tree
>>>     Reading state information... Done
>>>
>>>     Sorry, no more upgrades for this system
>>>
>>>     There will not be any further Ubuntu releases for this system's
>>>     'i386' architecture.
>>>
>>>     Updates for Ubuntu 18.04 will continue until April 2023.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Restoring original system state
>>>
>>>     Aborting
>>>     Reading package lists... Done
>>>     Building dependency tree
>>>     Reading state information... Done
>>>     andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$
>>>
>>>     On 06/10/2020 20:30, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
>>>>     OK, and for
>>>>
>>>>     sudo do-release-upgrade
>>>>
>>>>     ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     ===
>>>>     Tai Kedzierski
>>>>
>>>>     EdLUG Maintainer: https://edlug.gitlab.io/
>>>>
>>>>     Edinburgh Language Meetup Organiser
>>>>     https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Language-Exchange-Meetup-Group/
>>>>
>>>>     /Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price./
>>>>     https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Andrew Ramage
>>>>     <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com
>>>>     <mailto:andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         This is what I got :
>>>>
>>>>         andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$ sudo apt install -y
>>>>         ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
>>>>         [sudo] password for andrew:
>>>>         Sorry, try again.
>>>>         [sudo] password for andrew:
>>>>         Reading package lists... Done
>>>>         Building dependency tree
>>>>         Reading state information... Done
>>>>         ubuntu-release-upgrader-core is already the newest version
>>>>         (1:18.04.38).
>>>>         0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to
>>>>         upgrade.
>>>>         andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~$
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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