<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Georgi, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I doubt this is the same scenario, but run the following and grab the output;</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">$ cat /etc/*release<br></div><div dir="auto">$ sudo apt update</div><div dir="auto">$ sudo apt -f install</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Do not say yes, hit ctrl-c.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Again, do not let apt (or other package manager) remove packages.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>-Colin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Sept 2023, 15:17 Tai Kedzierski, <<a href="mailto:dch.tai@gmail.com">dch.tai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>As the last responder indicated (you may not have received that notification?), there is a signup page for the mailing list : <a href="https://edlug.gitlab.io/mailing-list/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://edlug.gitlab.io/mailing-list/</a> (choose "Subscribe to the mailing list")</div><div><br></div><div><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_7312224653675904702plusReplyChip-1" rel="noreferrer">+++</a><br></div><div>Regards your question:<br></div><div><br></div><div>Some old notes on partial upgrades are found online, saying not to do it unless you know what you're doing: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/443788/what-is-a-partial-upgrade-and-when-is-it-necessary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://askubuntu.com/questions/443788/what-is-a-partial-upgrade-and-when-is-it-necessary</a></div><div><br></div><div>It also notes a situation that I would reckon unlikely but enitrely possible:</div><div><br></div><div>"""</div><div>Most <i>Partial Upgrade</i> 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.</div><div>"""</div><div><br></div><div>Have you tried looking at the current state to see if it has resolved?<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope that is of help, any further questions do say.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Tai<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 10:57, Holistic Computing Edinburgh Ltd <<a href="mailto:hcedinburgh@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hcedinburgh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear Sir/Madam<div dir="auto">I wish to join your mailing list.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards</div><div dir="auto">GeorgiB</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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