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[Colin Shorts]

Hi Georgi,

Following on from Tai, I hit the same thing yesterday/day before with the
latest mainline kernel (going from 6.5.0 to 6.5.1) as it could not find the
correct version of GLIBC (needs an update to 23.10 beta), and hence was
unable to build the dkms drivers.

I doubt this is the same scenario, but run the following and grab the
output;

$ cat /etc/*release
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt -f install


Do not say yes, hit ctrl-c.

The above will tell you what it wants to do, but there is a good chance
that things will break spectacularly if you were to say yes. In any case,
post the output back (after signing up) so that you get all the replies.

Again, do not let apt (or other package manager) remove packages.

If the system has recently been updated from an older version, some of the
sources may need to be adjusted as things have moved around.

-Colin

On Wed, 6 Sept 2023, 15:17 Tai Kedzierski, <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> As the last responder indicated (you may not have received that
> notification?), there is a signup page for the mailing list :
> https://edlug.gitlab.io/mailing-list/ (choose "Subscribe to the mailing
> list")
>
> +++
> Regards your question:
>
> Some old notes on partial upgrades are found online, saying not to do it
> unless you know what you're doing:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/443788/what-is-a-partial-upgrade-and-when-is-it-necessary
>
> It also notes a situation that I would reckon unlikely but enitrely
> possible:
>
> """
> Most *Partial Upgrade* situations occur due to package archive
> inconsistencies, which will typically be resolved within a few hours. If
> your package manager is confused, and so are you, simply wait and hold off
> the updates until things settle down.
> """
>
> Have you tried looking at the current state to see if it has resolved?
>
> Do you have the ability to run commands on your client's machine? In which
> case you might be able to `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install` ,
> if that seems to operate normally, then proceed.
>
> If it still mentions partial upgrades, then choose to *not* continue. It
> might be you will need a re-install, though with the little information we
> have here, it's impossible to tell. Usual caveats about ensuring backups
> are taken etc apply.
>
>
> Hope that is of help, any further questions do say.
>
> Tai
>
> On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 10:57, Holistic Computing Edinburgh Ltd <
> hcedinburgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir/Madam
>> I wish to join your mailing list.
>>
>> I am also trying to find a Linux experienced person who can help me. I
>> have a client running Ubuntu and her upgrade went wrong and now it says
>> only a partial upgrade is possible.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> GeorgiB
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