I edited the new debian.sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d according to debian instructions, started to upgrade and successfuly upgraded to 13.0, at least core debian (can use mpv, vlc, thunar, libreoffice…)

Problem is, this notebook with debian 13.0 doesnt have a working network manager and there are still 900 packages that need upgrading.

The command I entered in the terminal: sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns: unit NetworkManager.service could not be found.

I have an android phone I thought I could use as a network hotspot or maybe tether, but debian 13.0 doesnt recognize it, so I really dont know what to do

Lan cable didnt work either.

Help appreciated

ETA: THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR AWESOME HELP!!!

special thanks to InnerScientist and stuner for their approach but what worked was what IHave69XiBucks proposed.

  • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    7 days ago

    Im confused about how you did a partial upgrade? Did you run full-upgrade or just upgrade? When i did it it did the entire thing in one go.

    • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
      2·
      7 days ago

      It is possible you have downloaded the new network manager package but not installed it. I would try to run

      sudo apt --fix-broken install

      sudo apt full-upgrade

      and see if it can install anything that is pre-downloaded. This may fix your network issues. If not it’ll be a much more annoying fix.

        • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
          4·
          6 days ago

          Alright try to plug in the ethernet cable and run

          ip link show

          sudo dhclient eth0 (Replace “eth0” with your interface name check with ip link)

          If you see the interface, but its not managed run

          sudo ip link set eth0 up

          sudo dhclient eth0

          (Once again use the interface from ip link)

          Assuming you have network connection again run

          sudo apt install --reinstall network-manager

          sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager

          If all that works run

          sudo apt update

          sudo apt full-upgrade

          sudo apt autoremove

          If that doesn’t work run

          journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager

          and tell me what that says

      • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yeah for like a normal update youd do just upgrade but for a full version upgrade you should be running full-upgrade. It gets rid of conflicts, and goes deeper than the normal upgrade. Just for future reference.