=== Elimin8r is now known as Elimin8er === pavlushka_ is now known as pavlushka [19:26] hi there [19:26] tombusby: you upgraded from wich version? [19:26] just upgraded to 18.04 and I'm stuck in a login loop [19:26] in the past this was caused by nvidia drivers, but those steps don't resolve now [19:26] 16.04 [19:26] LTS [19:26] tombusby: that isnt reccomended yet, bionic is still in development branch [19:27] tombusby: if you want to help, clean install 18.04 [19:27] well that's pretty annoying then, given that I got a dist upgrade prompr [19:27] *prompt [19:27] huh? [19:28] you had a window saying upgrade to bionic? [19:28] yes [19:28] tombusby: can you prove this with a pic? [19:28] It wasn't exactly the type of thing I documented for posterity, I just ran the upgrade [19:29] tombusby: but did you enter a dist upgrade command? [19:29] I did it via the software update GUI [19:29] got a prompt to update dist, so I did it [19:30] tombusby: that shouldnt be happening [19:31] tombusby: you sure it was 18.04? [19:31] aparently not, especially since I thought I had only LTS versions enabled, so to hear that this is still development branch... that's not great [19:31] tombusby: can you lsb_release -a plz? [19:31] sure, 1 mo, I'll SSH in [19:32] No LSB modules are available. [19:32] Distributor ID: Ubuntu [19:32] Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) [19:32] Release: 18.04 [19:32] Codename: bionic [19:32] what the heck [19:32] tombusby: you sure you didnt enter a command youself like with -d ? [19:32] or messed with proposed [19:32] so, essentially, I have to do a full reinstall is the long and short of it then? my install is knackered? [19:33] na mate, logged in, got the prompt, ran it [19:33] tombusby: that should not be happening, can you bug this please [19:33] tombusby: you ahd 16.04.3? [19:33] had [19:34] whatever the LTS version was, I'd been holding off doing an upgrade because I got log-in loops, but a previous update (non-dist) gave me login loops, I fixed that, so this time when I got the prompt to update dist, I decided why not [19:34] but yeah it was 16.04 [19:35] tombusby: its supposed to upgrade in june [19:36] 16.04 to 18.04.1 [19:36] I'm guessing there's no way to reliably downgrade? [19:36] officially LTS to LTS [19:36] tombusby: i think things will got scrambled now [19:37] bionic isn't in meta-release-lts (or meta-release, for that matter), so I do not know of a way it'd upgrade without do-release-upgrade -d or something [19:37] ok, no worries, well, I better get to work on fixing this then. that's all I can tell you [19:37] but yes, if you're on 18.04 and want to be on something lower, the only supported method is a reinstall [19:37] tombusby: did you enter that -d command? [19:38] not that I know of, just prompted and his install [19:38] *hit [19:38] tombusby: you didnt mess with anything else unofficial? [19:39] not to my knowledge. I don't like to do anything that could make my conf unstable [19:39] tombusby: might be interesting to see your sources.list ? [19:39] sure [19:40] i assume sources.list is just gonna be normal bionic, since the upgrader would have poked at them [19:40] dax: wouldnt we see his ppa's or other stuff too? [19:40] # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to [19:40] # newer versions of the distribution. [19:40] deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted [19:40] # deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted [19:40] tombusby: was this system previsously release-upgraded from some other release to 16.04 ? [19:40] ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the [19:40] ## distribution. [19:41] dax: seems like your right [19:41] lotuspsychje_: sure, and I guess it's theoretically possible someone has a PPA that contains modified updater packages that point somewhere other than changelogs.ubuntu.com [19:41] but that seems unlikely [19:41] never heared of a pre-release upgrade notify before.. [19:42] 'cause they don't happen. like, i entirely believe that it happened in this case, but i am at a loss as to how [19:43] tombusby: can you show us /etc/update-manager/meta-release [19:43] if the URLs have been changed we don't know what was pulled [19:43] he should bug this [19:44] lotuspsychje_: yeah, if the output from what TJ- asked for is all changelogs.ubuntu.com, i agree [19:45] # default location for the meta-release file [19:45] [METARELEASE] [19:45] URI = http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release [19:45] URI_LTS = http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts [19:45] URI_UNSTABLE_POSTFIX = -development [19:45] URI_PROPOSED_POSTFIX = -proposed [19:45] Also, we should check for all installed cron jobs, and the /var/log/dist-upgrade/ dir [19:45] !paste | tom [19:45] tom: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [19:45] (drone probably also sent you a PM with the same instructions) [19:46] anyways, gonna leave this one with TJ-, seems like he's about 5 minutes ahead of me on this one [19:46] (also, it's lunch time) [19:46] tombusby: ddi you enable proposed or so? [19:46] proposed shouldn't cause this [19:46] no worries, but I have to go really tbh. I'll put a bug report in when I get a moment. [19:46] dax: bon apetit mate [19:46] and no I didn't [19:46] just thinking what could have triggered this [19:47] tombusby: was the prompt in the GUI? [19:47] just the standard one to upgrade dist [19:47] tombusby: right, in the GUI? [19:47] yes [19:47] tombusby: OK, that's a clue [19:47] but I honestly have to go guys, I've gotta take care of my son for a bit. I'm sorry to drop this on you and disappear [19:48] no sweat come back later & bug it okay [19:48] we aint see nothing yet [19:48] if I recall correctly - I may be wrong after so long - at one time the GUI from update-manager was triggered by a file existing under /var/ somewhere... it's feasible something triggered that, but what doesn't make sense is how it knew about the new release codename/URL, since changelog. doesn't have it [19:50] and what does he mean from in the past this already happened lol [19:51] "in the past" in reference to solving a log-in loop due to nvidia drivers [19:53] perhaps [19:53] its a weird story to me