Linux Mint upgrade not working

LM gave me the message that I could upgrade from 20.3 to 21 (Vanessa).

But the process seems to freeze on the system snapshots part of the check.

Before the upgrade, I was unable to activate TimeShift. The message was that another instance of it was running but this was not true. So I tried a complete reinstall starting at 20.1.

Any suggestions appreciated.

SPECS

----------------------:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-169-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X510UAR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X510UAR v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: X510UAR.309 date: 07/24/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 26.5 Wh condition: 27.8/43.0 Wh (64%)
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Not charging
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  bogomips: 28800
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1752 2: 1563
  3: 2005 4: 2140 5: 2172 6: 2162 7: 1811 8: 1716
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
  bus ID: 00:02.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-169-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040
  bus ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 220.33 GiB (23.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 220.33 GiB (24.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1700
Info:
  Processes: 285 Uptime: 1d 3h 39m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (50.1%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
  inxi: 3.0.38


 

Edited by Achaemenid, 24 January 2024 - 05:54 PM.

Thanks for helping. Here is the link.

https://termbin.com/a8sy

You have repos that maybe conflicting.  I would recommend that you delete these:

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list
1: deb [arch="all", signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main

1: deb-src https://mirror1.ku.ac.th/linuxmint-packages una main upstream import backport

THen try updating, and if  that fails fresh install Mint 21.3.

I guess these active apt repos live at those websites, not as files on my machine?

You list 2 directories over the url, these must be the directories in which the files with the url's reside.

Normal updates kept coming in, and I was able to process those.

Eventually the problem blocking the pre-installation checks was solved I think by subsequent updates including a kernel update.

Therefore I have been able to complete the upgrade.

This obviates the need to delete those repos.

Cryptodan thanks for your help.

You have repos that maybe conflicting.  I would recommend that you delete these:

 

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list
1: deb [arch="all", signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main

1: deb-src https://mirror1.ku.ac.th/linuxmint-packages una main upstream import backport

 

THen try updating, and if  that fails fresh install Mint 21.3.

Thank you for this, Cryptodan. You have helped me a lot.

So I will have to go into "software sources" in linux mint to locate these.

I just saw another upgrade notice, 21.3, Virginia.

so I must try upgrading to that.

sorry for the delay in replying. I thought this thread was solved, so I abandoned it.

Did you install the mintupgrade tool before upgrading?

See #3

https://linuxiac.com/upgrade-to-linux-mint-21-from-20-3/