Cannot upgrade from Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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I cannot upgrade from Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04. I previously successfully upgraded from Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10.

When I put the mouse cursor over the upgrade icon, I get: “Update available. Ubuntu 25.04 is available”. Clicking on that icon, a dialog opens with the message: “Upgrade failed with the following output:”, and no output is available.

Does anybody else have the same issue?

Would installing from scratch (instead of upgrading) be a good idea? Are the packages available directly from Ubuntu the same ones available through a system upgrade, or are there any settings/customisations specific to Framework in the latter case?

Which Linux distro are you using? Ubuntu Linux
Which release version? 24.10
Which kernel are you using? 6.11.0-26-generic
Which BIOS version are you using?
Which Framework Laptop 16 model are you using? AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series

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It would probably be more productive to ask about this problem in an Ubuntu community site of some type. Did your FW16 come with Ubuntu 24.10 pre-installed?

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Is there not something to click to show the output message?

On my Fedora it typically doesn’t have enough space in the /boot partition, and I have to go and delete an earlier version to get enough space to load the new release.

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This will tell you so much more in regards to why your upgrade failed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade

If the last command fails, note the error, and likely ask in the Ubuntu forums. You are more than welcome to post it here, but the linux userbase is more fragmented here than a dedicated forum. (Many Arch, Fedora, Debian, etc users here).

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