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I am currently running 21.04. I would like to upgrade to 21.10, but when I try to start the upgrade by clicking on the button (see image) the window simply closes and that's it.

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Nothing is written to /var/log/apt/history.logor term.log

I have run sudo do-release-upgrade from the command line with the following response:

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife

I changed my sources.list file as instructed here:How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? but when running sudo apt-get update I get

Hit:1 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Ign:2 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64  InRelease
Hit:3 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64  Release
Ign:5 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute InRelease
Ign:6 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-updates InRelease
Ign:7 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-backports InRelease
Ign:8 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-security InRelease
Err:9 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.123 80]
Err:10 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-updates Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.123 80]
Err:11 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-backports Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.123 80]
Err:12 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute-security Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.123 80]

If I then run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  cuda cuda-drivers
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

I changed my source.list file to use archive instead of old-releases, ran sudo apt update, which ran normally. I then ran ``sudo apt dist-upgrade```, which gave

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

I then ran

sudo do-release-upgrade

With these results:

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
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    Open a terminal and try to run sudo do-release-upgrade, if you get an error, add it to your question. – pLumo Feb 11 '22 at 09:26
  • Ubuntu 21.04 is EOL; thus mirrors can drop it anytime they wish... I provided the EOL notice as it contains a link to the ImpishUpgrades notice which is what I'd read, but note if you delay too long, the release-upgrade gets more complicated.. – guiverc Feb 11 '22 at 09:38
  • Thanks, I read the notice but the instructions give the same result. I am trying to connect to different servers, but so far its always the same result. – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 09:48
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    Does this answer your question? How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? – pLumo Feb 11 '22 at 10:15
  • I would likely check if you're using the main archive, or a mirror, ensure it's still present (given it's EOL & mirrors can drop it; main archive is already past it's being moved) and ensure you've applied all updates for hirsute (21.04). I would then reboot if required (due updates) and see if it'll do-release-upgrade again... If it doesn't, and it's a desktop system (as it looks like it is given you've provided a picture) I'd just upgrade via re-install; ie. download 21.10, verify, write to media, boot that & install over existing partition(s) without format to upgrade that way. – guiverc Feb 11 '22 at 10:19
  • ... do not want to backup first, and given system directories are wiped (before install but after manually installed packages are noted) server apps may lose their configs so they'll need to be restored.. this won't apply with desktop apps. The upgrade via reinstall will automatically re-install the manually installed packages you had installed IF available for the new release in Ubuntu repositories. I QA-test this regularly (did one earlier today) and used it for my ex-21.04 support installs too. – guiverc Feb 11 '22 at 10:22
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    @pLumo, I tried but without success. I added the results to the question. – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 11:01
  • @guiverc, This seems like the nuclear option, but will try it if all else fails. Thanks! – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 12:13
  • It's not what I'd call a nuclear option, in that no user file is touched, no desktop configuration is touched, and the manually installed packages (from Ubuntu repositories) are re-installed automatically too... ie. it's my backup fix if I have problems with the release-upgrade (or my first step if I'm in a hurry as it takes only minutes which is much faster than release-upgrade...)... In my QA-test I have my non-standard music player continue playing my playlist after re-install to confirm nothing was touched... ie. that's not nuclear in my books... – guiverc Feb 11 '22 at 12:18
  • @guiverc, thums up emoji – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 12:21
  • The old-releases doesn't yet apply as per my EOL notice... ie. its scheduled to occur any time now, but hasn't yet as the notice stated. – guiverc Feb 11 '22 at 12:21
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    Your specific problem seems right there in your output: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. You didn't complete Step 1 and fully update your system before starting the release-upgrade. – user535733 Feb 11 '22 at 12:35
  • @user535733, interesting, because after running sudo apt-get update I did get the following message: 2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. (base) jon@cave-2:~$ apt list --upgradable . These two packages are cuda-drivers/unknown 510.47.03-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 495.29.05-1] cuda/unknown 11.6.0-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 11.5.1-1] – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 12:42
  • Try running sudo apt full-upgrade – Error404 Feb 11 '22 at 12:43
  • @Someone. Results: The following packages have been kept back: cuda cuda-drivers 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 12:44
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    Check https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it – pLumo Feb 11 '22 at 12:47
  • @pLumo - bingo! Cautious solution 1 - no effect. Cautious solution 2 did result in installing the two cuda packages. I did the restart, as recommended by the command output and then tried the Software Updated. Hitting upgrade opened the password entry window (which hasn't happened until now) and after that I am now seeing the 21.10 release notes. It looks like this issue is resolved. I will now go ahead with the upgrade. – CHsurfer Feb 11 '22 at 12:58

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It turns out that the main issue is that I had two manually installed packages (cuda, cuda-drivers) that were not updating.

As per the answer here: askubuntu.com/questions/601 I needed to

Cautious solution 2:

The cautious solution is to run sudo apt-get install [list of packages kept back]. In most cases this will give the kept-back packages what they need to successfully upgrade.

sudo apt-get install cuda cuda-drivers

installed these packages. I did a restart as instructed by the above commands output and then tried to initiate the upgrade via the Software Updater. This seems to have solve the issue.

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