my 23.10 now boots to single user mode (the tty1 log in page), After logging in with username and password (not as root, but regular me) I get this message:
/etc/update-motd.d/95 updates available 7: /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-updates-outdated: not found
run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/95 updates available exited with return code 127
what’s the best way to proceed now?
NMTUI shows wlan is connected
backup done
/etc/apt/sources.list point to 24.04 noble
there are 2 packages disabled on upgrade to noble: mkv and imagereader, lines are commented so nothing wrong here
do you still recommend to execute sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a?
If you have Ubuntu install USB ready, I can’t see why not try the command.
One of the engineer in my workplace did the upgrade (22.04 -> 23.10 -> 24.04), also end up with broken system, I fixed their Ubuntu by doing these steps.
it seems there is no -a option for dpkg-reconfigure:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a returns unknown option -a
if I delete -a it asks for a package to reconfigure
Maybe try command listed here
https://askubuntu.com/questions/775328/is-dpkg-reconfigure-all-still-available-in-16-04
after trying suggested command
I get:
hmm… I would skip dpkg command in this case.
If you disable packages from upgrade they will be outdated…