Hello,

I have installed Zorin os 9 twice now
Both times the install crashed after running the upgrade
First time it wouldn't boot at all
Second time it boots but the GUI is only partly there
I documented all the terminal errors and ran the suggested
band-aid - so at least the program still works but without the GUI
it kinda hard to do anything :-(
Who would like to tackle this with me ?
What would you like to know ?

Begs the question "should I have run the upgrade ?"
well I saw it on at least two Zorin forums penned
by a Senior forum member. So he should know
what to do ? anyway this is the result...

Best Regards, ozbod1

PS this all started with USB headset not being recognised by Zorin os 9
(a headset with a USB sound card built into the cord)
Just a nuisance fiddly thing really
But I do like my USB headset
Anyway, from 2014 forums this update && upgrade was suggested as a fix
Now after reading about distro-upgrades versus upgrade seems not a
good idea (over 300MB of download)
That the distro still works at all is probably a testament to it's strength
I do like Zorin and intend to use it extensively...cheers

That happened to me when I was running Ubuntu.
I figured out that the upgrade kept breaking the fglrx graphics driver. To solve it I had to keep removing the fglrx driver and reinstalling it. Or downloading the proprietary driver and installing that.
Not sure if that's what you have going on or not (guessing)

These links might help.

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/why-...mate-14-04/893
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...ll-ubuntu-wily
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2279210

-::-Please only make one post for your computer issue.-::-

Here's the Ubuntu FGLRX How To:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/AMD

Well the main issue was that Zorin os 9 seems to have a bug in the USB functionality
So I got around that by going right back to Zorin os 6 which works perfectly in that regard

As for applying that "apt-get dist-upgrade -f" I don't know what is to be achieved ?
apart from heartache and pain :-( So I simply avoid that
Just "upgrade" works fine with no "system broken" messages
The GUI is lovely...the graphics control switches nicely between monitors

I did have a problem with the "Play on Linux" feature disappearing after an update
but that doesn't bother me (just yet)

Thanks for your excellent reply Z
But I still cannot use an os (even with a GUI) with limited USB function
But that's just me.....
~Bye

You're Welcome-

I know you like Zorin but it may be time to try other distro's.