LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

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LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

Post by DeepBlunder »

Time to once again go public with my incompetence....
OK So running LMDE XFCE. Installed the Update 4 yesterday.
Now when I boot the system it goes right to what appears to be terminal mode.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Re: LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

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We need your boots and motorcycle... err, I mean, your boot log and video card information.

To obtain boot log, install bootlogd:

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sudo apt-get install bootlogd
then reboot and post the contents of /var/log/boot here.
(Note to all the other readers: this is relevant only to Update Pack 4, see this thread.)

To obtain video card info, run

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inxi -G
DeepBlunder

Re: LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

Post by DeepBlunder »

Thanks for the prompt reply. Here is what I came up with.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgconf2-4 : Depends: libconf-2-4 (=3.2.3-3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gconf-service but it is not going to be installed
libg11-mesa-dev : Depends: libg11-mesa-glx (= 7.11.2-1) but 7.10.3-3 is to be installed
libreoffice-gnome : Depends: gconf-service but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgconf-2-4 (>=2.31.1) but it is not going to be installed
python-uno : depends: python (>=2.7) but 2.6.7-3 is to be installed
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11
Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>=2:1.10.99.901) but 2:1.10.2.902-1 is to be installed
xserver-xorg-video-r128 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11
Depends : xserver-xorg-core (>=2:1.10.99.901) but 2:1.10.2.902-1 is to be installed
xserver-xorg-vido-siliconmotion : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11
Depends : xserver-xorg-core (>=2:1.10.99.901) but 2:1.10.2.902-1 is to be installed
xserver-xorg-video-tseng : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11
Depends : xserver-xorg-core (>=2:1.10.99.901) but 2:1.10.2.902-1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get –f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).

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Re: LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

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I had this problem...

Try:

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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -f

startx
And if Xfce starts up, run Mint Update as you normally would.
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Re: LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

Post by DeepBlunder »

Looks like I'm back in business. Thanks very much.
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Re: LMDE Update 4 --> now boots to terminal

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No problem man. Any time.
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