(SOLVED) Update Killed LMDE

[tdockery97]

Updated LMDE last night and now it will not boot. It gets as far as the little button spinning around, and then completely locks up. If I boot in recovery mode I can start x in root mode, but I have no clue what to do from there. I'm beginning to think the only solution is to wipe LMDE completely.

[defcon]

Search your logs (messages and syslog) and have a look into Xorg.0.log

[tdockery97]

Search your logs (messages and syslog) and have a look into Xorg.0.log

Nothing in there appears to shed any light on the situation. They are way to long to post here. I may just have to nuke LMDE. I don't think there is any way to revert an update.

[Susu]

Try

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

or if that doesn't help maybe

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sudo apt-get -f install

[Dyfi]

Hi tdockery97,

Slap your wrist - back in September I suggested to you regular Clonezilla image backups.

It is nice to be able to solve problems via the terminal, but, Clonezilla would have been a very quick fix!

Good luck with it.

Regards,

Dyfi.

[tdockery97]

Hi tdockery97,

Slap your wrist - back in September I suggested to you regular Clonezilla image backups.

It is nice to be able to solve problems via the terminal, but, Clonezilla would have been a very quick fix!

Good luck with it.

Regards,

Dyfi.

Actually, that's how I solved it.

[Dyfi]

Hi tdockery97,

I`ll slap my wrist now for thinking the worst!

Dyfi

[tdockery97]

I'm one of Clonezilla's biggest fans. I do a new image at least every 2 weeks that has latest updates, or whenever I make major changes in installed software.

[Dyfi]

Hi tdockery97,

As a matter of interest I now use Parted Magic rescue CD which includes Clonezilla and loads of other rescue tools.


Here is the link http://partedmagic.com/

Regards,

Dyfi

[tdockery97]

Hi tdockery97,

As a matter of interest I now use Parted Magic rescue CD which includes Clonezilla and loads of other rescue tools.


Here is the link http://partedmagic.com/

Regards,

Dyfi

Thanks for the great tip Dyfi. I just downloaded and burned live CD. It loads and runs completely from RAM. How cool is that?