authentication issue

moocher · 06-09-2014, 06:59 AM

hi, everyone appreciate some help/advice, installed updates on ubuntu 10.4 all i get is authentication issue, to remedy try the 'run this action now button'= no response desktop has dissapeared can only turn off by removing the plug? any ideas anyone?

widget · 06-13-2014, 07:17 PM

When you post a thread it is best to assume that people reading your post have no knowlege of what your problem is and are not mind readers.

What authentication issue?

Have you booted to recovery mode?

Why are you running an unsupported version?

What is your hardware? Such as architecture, CPU, amount of ram, audio and graphics card.

How many upgraded packages were there in this upgrade?

How were you running this upgrade?

ondoho · 06-15-2014, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by widget

Why are you running an unsupported version?

this is assuming you meant ubuntu 10.04 - iirc, both desktop and server versions are unsupported.
no updates, and hardly any forum member will be willing to help with that.
install a current operating system (*), and in future, take better care of it.

(*) if your hardware is a bit older, you want a lightweight alternative to ubuntu - xubuntu or a different distro altogether

moocher · 06-16-2014, 06:03 AM

Many thanks for your advice plus I'm booked in to linux tutorials to help me along. Through the terminal this is what I have here;

Linux (lucid) 10 04
2.6.32-60 generic
#122 ubuntu smp wed 7th may
20.16.42
utc 2014
1686 GNU/linux

In order to support this would you recommend installing lubuntu ?

This terminal was left abandoned and I've picked it up with little or no experience,however,learn I must although I'm gone 80 not 30 so the acumen is not as sharp these days so spare a thought.

Kind regards
Moocher

ondoho · 06-16-2014, 03:17 PM

moocher,

what you posted says nothing about your computer hardware, so i can't recommend anything.

please tell us brand and model of your machine, is it a laptop, how much ram is there, cpu freq, graphics card/chip.

maybe you have an application called "hardinfo" or "lshw" (just try typing that in a terminal), that will give you a general picture.

if nothing else, the age of the machine is important.

in any case, re-install you must, from scratch, so your current operating systems' specs are of no interest.