[SOLVED] Upgrading my computer

robmark · 01-28-2012, 06:46 AM

I have just done something stupid I was in the middle of updating my computer from Ubuntu 9.10 to 11.00 and i accidently closed my laptop down now it won't let me log in or do anything can some tell me what to do please,

aazkan · 01-28-2012, 07:07 AM

Hi,

Does it boots up? if it boots up and get stuck somewhere, could let us know where it's at. A bit more detail would be hepful.
if it boots up but stops before loading the GUI, you should be able to continue the upgrade process in the command line mode.

Rgds,
Azu

robmark · 01-28-2012, 07:31 AM

It boots up but but that's all it does it won't let me log in or do anything else and how do I get into the command line

arochester · 01-28-2012, 07:48 AM

Try booting into the Recovery mode.The second down on the Boot page. It should let you into the Command Line Interface.Then try the following commands one at a time:

Quote:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

Does it work? Does it stop? What error messages do you get?

Cedrik · 01-28-2012, 07:53 AM

Maybe try to boot into runlevel #1

What is the bootloader, grub ?

[edit]
I am not familiar with ubuntu, better try above suggestion

robmark · 01-28-2012, 09:32 AM

Hi again I now get to the login screen and I can't move the cursor or click to put my password it has frozen on me what do I do I've just tried that now what do I do

aazkan · 01-28-2012, 10:14 AM

Hi,

Try ctrl+alt+-f1 (or f2 or f3).
That should get you to the console, those are tty1, tty2
Ought to be abe to logn with your username then you should be able to run
command posted in #4.

Rgds,

aazkan · 01-28-2012, 10:17 AM

Oh yes, you probably want to use wired connection (eth0) in case the wireless doesnt work. If you know how to start it manually without using the nm-applet then go ahead fire up your wlan0

robmark · 01-28-2012, 10:49 AM

That didn't work I still can't move my cursor and it is still stuck on the log on screen so what shall I do please help

TroN-0074 · 01-28-2012, 10:54 AM

I dont know how to restore your current OS but I would suggest to boot from a liveCD and copy all your personalfiles out to a external hard drive in case you need to do a fresh installation of your OS.

Good luck to you.

robmark · 01-29-2012, 10:18 AM

The boot loader is grub so what can I do to get my laptop working

robmark · 01-29-2012, 01:17 PM

Hi all I've got past the login stage but now it won't let me do anything else what shall I do to get to my files etc the screen is now a purple colour and that's it

btmiller · 01-29-2012, 02:29 PM

Sounds like something got majorly borked. In all honesty, I think the best solution was given above by TroN; boot off of a LiveCD, backup all of your files (generally everything under /home/<your user name>, and then reformat and reinstall the system. Once that's done, you can recover all your files from the back-up that you made.

robmark · 01-29-2012, 03:53 PM

How do I get a live disk and how do I reformat my laptop

Cedrik · 01-29-2012, 04:01 PM

You don't see rescue mode in bootloader menu, before boot ?