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All right! I recovered my user name by getting through the single user process and entering ls /home. So I can enter my login name and password. But all I get is the name of my computer, tilde, dollar sign and cursor. Now what do I do to reboot the system in its original form. Some headway here--thanks so much!--but not home yet!
What I mean by "original form" is that I still cannot boot into Xubuntu. I have access to the prompt now but not Xubuntu itself. Thanks again for all your attention.
What I mean by "original form" is that I still cannot boot into Xubuntu. I have access to the prompt now but not Xubuntu itself. Thanks again for all your attention.
If you don't arrive at the login screen where you can use your user name and password, log in with user name and password at the prompt, and then enter
Yes, the initial problem was an interrupted upgrade. Do I just enter apt-get without any further commands? Does apt-get need to be preceded by "sudo" here? Thank you again!! It would be great if I can get this up and running again without having to do a total reinstall! Thanks!
I tried opening the program by using "startx" and after a long period of a black screen I did finally make it to the desktop. However, the desktop was completely frozen. The cursor would open nothing. There was a box in the middle of the screen that read:
Failed to apply network settings
org.freedesktop.DBus. Error. Spawn.
Failed to setup:
Failed to setup environment correctly.
You might be able to connect Bluetooth
via this machine.
Also, I did try running apt-get and there was a request for more information. So again, it appears all is not lost, but where to go from here? Thanks.
I don't know if this is relevant, but when I first had this problem while trying to make the upgrade, I received this message: xscreensaver and xlockmore must be restarted before
upgrading. I didn't know what that meant so I just let the upgrade continue. Maybe I should have forced stopped it, but I didn't know how in midstream. Anyway, my bad. Just trying to provide as much info here as possible. Thanks again!
Thank you, CP, but I already tried that...several times! It has brought me back somewhat but the options open to me are limited. I can't establish internet connection, for example. When I do run those commands the thing that stands out the most is that it's "dependencies" that fail to install. There is usually a long list of dependencies that are marked "failed to install." Apparently, it's the dependencies (not sure what they are) that are a trouble spot for Xubuntu 16.04. A number of things I've read seem to confirm this.
Well, I have managed to salvage a great deal--thanks largely to the help provided on these posts!--but I still don't have a complete install. I can boot up onto my home page, but I cannot establish internet connection. Clicking on the internet arrows at the right hand top of the page produces nothing. My bookmarks are all in place, I can operate through a terminal, and my home files all seem to be there. I still receive a box at startup saying there is "system problem" but I can x that out. Any suggestions as to where to go from here? Thank you again, one and all.
In post #1 you say you were attempting an upgrade - was that using the "software Updater" from within yoiur GUI ?.
In post #3 you say you downloaded the torrent. Do you still have that file ?. Looking at the abysmal documentation, it should be a name something like xubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
Try this to find it if not sure (type it exactly asis)
Code:
find . -iname "*.iso" 2>/dev/null
If you have a spare USB you can afford to trash, you can use the iso to create a livecd so you will have internet access and a full set of tools to work with.
Yes, initially I was attempting the upgrade from the software updater. Later--after things got messed up--I decided to download a torrent in the hope I could make reparations from the live cd. I'll see if I can recover the info you request. Actually it was xubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso. I do not have a spare flash drive as I normally have no use for them. I guess I do now! A friend was telling me it's worth spending a little more for one that is faster and has better components. Is that true?
So I guess you are telling me there is no way I can salvage this situation without using a live cd? I've tried everything else and it's frustrating and time consuming. Is there at least a way to get my internet capability up and running? The Network Manager is absolutely dead on my laptop. Thanks so much!
So I guess you are telling me there is no way I can salvage this situation without using a live cd?
Too many possible issues to remote diagnose. I wouldn't even bother on my own machine.
What do you have against a liveCD - it's tested, has everything you need installed, and makes no changes to your system till you tell it to. What's not to like ?.
You don't have to use a USB, but it's less error prone to create one than a CD/DVD using command line for some-one not used to CLI. FWIW I use my oldest cheapest USB for putting images on. If it doesn't work toss it out and use another - not worth fretting over.
Too many possibilities to diagnose...yes indeed. Today my machine started working again! Well, not perfectly, but I have wifi connection and I'm able to navigate freely among my desktop programs. Weird, no? I've no idea what happened or why.
But there still are bugs that need to be cleared up. I get boxes that say "Xubuntu 16.04 has an internal problem" or something like that. Then I have to authenticate to forward the problem to whoever addresses these things. My system updater does not work and probably a few other things will come to light. At least I'm up and running and thank you all for your generous help and support!
I have nothing against live cd's! I just said I don't happen to have a flash drive because I normally don't use them, but I will certainly get one to help clear up my system. When I do have a live cd drive, how do I use it to clean up whatever is going on here? If I have problems with it I'll check back in. Thanks once again!
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