update problems [Solved]
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update problems [Solved]
Hi everyone,
I ran the LMDE update through the icon tray menu and when I restarted the last line during startup was that it's starting gdm3 and the screen went permanently blank after that and never switched into login screen.
I tried using "recovery mode" and run the 'apt-install update'. I got the error saying that this command is broken and I should use something like 'dpkg-reconfigure --install -a' (what I loosely remember). It went through a series of setups after that like configuring grub and optional fonts and lots of other configurations which asked me input 'N' for default and that seemed like it will make things right again but it didn't. When I rebooted the machine I got the same problem - blank screen after the startup process finishes.
Does anybody have an idea what might have went wrong? Any possible solutions?
Thank you,
Victor.
I ran the LMDE update through the icon tray menu and when I restarted the last line during startup was that it's starting gdm3 and the screen went permanently blank after that and never switched into login screen.
I tried using "recovery mode" and run the 'apt-install update'. I got the error saying that this command is broken and I should use something like 'dpkg-reconfigure --install -a' (what I loosely remember). It went through a series of setups after that like configuring grub and optional fonts and lots of other configurations which asked me input 'N' for default and that seemed like it will make things right again but it didn't. When I rebooted the machine I got the same problem - blank screen after the startup process finishes.
Does anybody have an idea what might have went wrong? Any possible solutions?
Thank you,
Victor.
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Re: update problems
bump.
I still haven't found a solution to the aforementioned problem - can't use LMDE as it won't show login screen. Using openSUSE as a fallback until problem is fixed.
I still haven't found a solution to the aforementioned problem - can't use LMDE as it won't show login screen. Using openSUSE as a fallback until problem is fixed.
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Re: update problems
Well ... for one, apt-install update is the wrong command. There are a couple variations, but the best one is:victorsk wrote:Hi everyone,
I ran the LMDE update through the icon tray menu and when I restarted the last line during startup was that it's starting gdm3 and the screen went permanently blank after that and never switched into login screen.
I tried using "recovery mode" and run the 'apt-install update'. I got the error saying that this command is broken and I should use something like 'dpkg-reconfigure --install -a' (what I loosely remember). It went through a series of setups after that like configuring grub and optional fonts and lots of other configurations which asked me input 'N' for default and that seemed like it will make things right again but it didn't. When I rebooted the machine I got the same problem - blank screen after the startup process finishes.
Does anybody have an idea what might have went wrong? Any possible solutions?
Thank you,
Victor.
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
One you may want to run before that, however, is:
apt-get -f install
This will install any missing dependencies and packages that are necessary for the system to function well. If neither of those work, you can try this one:
apt-get install gdm3 --reinstall
This will reinstall gdm3 in all its original glory. I use this somewhat frequently to reinstall gnome-keyring. Hopefully armed with those commands you can make some progress.
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Re: update problems
Victor, sorry i missed this one the first time;
in recovery mode try
next
and
if this doesn't solve the issue you can try
report back
in recovery mode try
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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sudo apt-get -f install
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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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sudo dpkg --configure --pending
Re: update problems
Yuikes! That's pretty seriousLifeInTheGrey wrote: Well ... for one, apt-install update is the wrong command.
I tried all the commands in both replies but none of them seem to work When I run
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/linux...
However, when I reboot and startup text finishes I get into a dark screen and nothing happens afterwards. I don't think I did anything wrong during the update process - I let everything finish up naturally and rebooted and can't get into the login screen anymore
This is the biggest hiccup I have with LMDE so far, before that everything ran just great. Any ideas what might have gone wrong?
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Re: update problems
Hmm, well the Failed to fetch statements usually refer to a bad connection to the server, but if u were able to reinstall gmd3 its not ur internet connection. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to have ftp.us.debian.org instead of ftp.debian.org (assuming you don't want to use the new "debian.linuxmint.com/latest" repo).victorsk wrote:Yuikes! That's pretty seriousLifeInTheGrey wrote: Well ... for one, apt-install update is the wrong command.
I tried all the commands in both replies but none of them seem to work When I runI get a long list of "Failed to fetch" statements. I just picked one at random from the screen and it says:Code: Select all
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I also tried 'apt-get install gdm3 --reinstall' . It seemed like the process completed successfully, just as the command 'sudo dpkg --configure --pending' (didn't return any errors).Code: Select all
Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/linux...
However, when I reboot and startup text finishes I get into a dark screen and nothing happens afterwards. I don't think I did anything wrong during the update process - I let everything finish up naturally and rebooted and can't get into the login screen anymore
This is the biggest hiccup I have with LMDE so far, before that everything ran just great. Any ideas what might have gone wrong?
Other than that ... bad as it sounds, I'd wipe and reinstall. You can back up your files once you're booted to the liveCD (just mount the internal drive and copy), and then update using the new repo. I am happy to help with that process, if you'd like.
the beauty of linux is that the rabbit hole goes as deep as you want it to go.
Re: update problems
Hi,
Thank you for the message. Yes, I had to re-install LMDE over but it's ok because I distribute important files over other partitions so no big damage was done. I think I just got too complacent having everything work in LMDE so I took for granted that update process and didn't execute commands you mentioned thoroughly to double check. But I ran the updates first thing after new install executing each and every commands you and another contributor suggested and it all seems to work except that now when I choose 'restart' the system doesn't do a computer reboot but it just loops through as if it's restarting and then goes back to login screen.
Thanks,
Victor.
Thank you for the message. Yes, I had to re-install LMDE over but it's ok because I distribute important files over other partitions so no big damage was done. I think I just got too complacent having everything work in LMDE so I took for granted that update process and didn't execute commands you mentioned thoroughly to double check. But I ran the updates first thing after new install executing each and every commands you and another contributor suggested and it all seems to work except that now when I choose 'restart' the system doesn't do a computer reboot but it just loops through as if it's restarting and then goes back to login screen.
Thanks,
Victor.
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Re: update problems
Yeah, thats because of kexec. Simple command to eliminate:victorsk wrote:Hi,
Thank you for the message. Yes, I had to re-install LMDE over but it's ok because I distribute important files over other partitions so no big damage was done. I think I just got too complacent having everything work in LMDE so I took for granted that update process and didn't execute commands you mentioned thoroughly to double check. But I ran the updates first thing after new install executing each and every commands you and another contributor suggested and it all seems to work except that now when I choose 'restart' the system doesn't do a computer reboot but it just loops through as if it's restarting and then goes back to login screen.
Thanks,
Victor.
sudo apt-get purge kexec-tools
Boom, you're all good!
edit: additional favor,can you also mark this guy as solved? allows people to focus on other stuff still affecting people.
the beauty of linux is that the rabbit hole goes as deep as you want it to go.