No "graphics" after update!?

[MagnaWolf]

Hi.
I installed Linux Mint KDE today and after I did the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade thing it only start up in text mode. I haven't got a clue how to configure my graphics card in the terminal. What do I do? I seem to be able to boot up in a previous installation though.

[JasonLG]

Hi.
I installed Linux Mint KDE today and after I did the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade thing it only start up in text mode. I haven't got a clue how to configure my graphics card in the terminal. What do I do? I seem to be able to boot up in a previous installation though.

What version of Mint KDE did you install in the first place? apt-get dist-upgrade is generally used to upgrade your system in place to the next version. In place distribution upgrades are generally not advised because, as you found out it can break your system. The best thing to do is to have a separate /home partition and do a fresh install without reformatting /home. In the future if you simply want to update your system using apt use this command.

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

[tomp01]

Hi.
I installed Linux Mint KDE today and after I did the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade thing it only start up in text mode. I haven't got a clue how to configure my graphics card in the terminal. What do I do? I seem to be able to boot up in a previous installation though.

What version of Mint KDE did you install in the first place? apt-get dist-upgrade is generally used to upgrade your system in place to the next version. In place distribution upgrades are generally not advised because, as you found out it can break your system. The best thing to do is to have a separate /home partition and do a fresh install without reformatting /home. In the future if you simply want to update your system using apt use this command.

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

On the Kubuntu forum, many of the wise owls there say that dist-upgrade is always preferable to a simple upgrade.

[tomp01]

Hi.
I installed Linux Mint KDE today and after I did the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade thing it only start up in text mode. I haven't got a clue how to configure my graphics card in the terminal. What do I do? I seem to be able to boot up in a previous installation though.

I had the same thing with Mint 10, I managed to get round it by logging in, in CLI mode, and then using sudo service kdm start.

[JasonLG]

Like I said dist-upgrade is generally used to to do a distribution upgrade. Unless the OP changed their sources list dist-upgrade and upgrade do the same thing in a incrementally released distro like Mint or Ubuntu.

[tomp01]

Like I said dist-upgrade is generally used to to do a distribution upgrade. Unless the OP changed their sources list dist-upgrade and upgrade do the same thing in a incrementally released distro like Mint or Ubuntu.

I would say that it's always safer to use dist-upgrade, as you point out most times it makes no difference.

[JasonLG]

Like I said dist-upgrade is generally used to to do a distribution upgrade. Unless the OP changed their sources list dist-upgrade and upgrade do the same thing in a incrementally released distro like Mint or Ubuntu.

I would say that it's always safer to use dist-upgrade, as you point out most times it makes no difference.

I guess it comes down to preference since they both do the same thing unless you change your sources. I think the OP was trying to to an in place distro upgrade, otherwise they wouldn't have b0rked their system.

[tomp01]

Like I said dist-upgrade is generally used to to do a distribution upgrade. Unless the OP changed their sources list dist-upgrade and upgrade do the same thing in a incrementally released distro like Mint or Ubuntu.

I would say that it's always safer to use dist-upgrade, as you point out most times it makes no difference.

I guess it comes down to preference since they both do the same thing unless you change your sources. I think the OP was trying to to an in place distro upgrade, otherwise they wouldn't have b0rked their system.

So therefore the safer option is to always use dist-upgrade, wouldn't you agree?

[JasonLG]

So therefore the safer option is to always use dist-upgrade, wouldn't you agree?

It doesn't really matter. The safer option is not to change your sources and attempt an in place distro upgrade.