Completed 20.1 to 20.2 upgrade. Selected "Restart Button". Computer restarted to black screen w/non readable verbage. Does "Restart" mean restart or shutdown and then restart?
I now have the drive with 20.2 upgrade connected to my main computer via USB. I can open it's home and open stuff from there.
[Solved] Upgrade to 20.2 failed
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[Solved] Upgrade to 20.2 failed
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Re: Update 20.2 failed
Restart means to shutdown and restart the operating system. It does not mean to shutdown and power down all the hardware devices and then re-power the devices and restart the operating system.
Did you take a Timeshift snapshot before you upgraded? What Mint Desktop are you using?
A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.
Re: Update 20.2 failed
That's how I interpreted "Restart" just restart the OS, not the hardware. I think it would be better if the instructions said to shutdown and then restart. I reinstalled again and finished by briefly continuing the live and then shutting down the computer and then re powering the computer. Everything came up and I logged in. No black screen.
I did not use time shift. I may use the RSYNC type Timeshift when I get an extra drive. Desktop is Cinnamon. I have a separate Home partition, so did not loose any of my stuff. That does not mean it can't happen.Did you take a Timeshift snapshot before you upgraded? What Mint Desktop are you using?
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Re: Update 20.2 failed
There are Cinnamon configuration files in the home partition.
I am not sure what may have caused the black screen unless maybe some other updates came through at the same time you were doing the upgrade.
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A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.
Re: Update 20.2 failed
The solution when upgrading is to not press the "Restart" button but to shut the computer down and then turn the computer back on. I wonder if this happens on all computers or just Dell's.
Re: Update 20.2 failed
When you asked about "Restart", I thought you meant the option in the Mint shutdown menu. I would presume the "Restart" button on a desktop would do the same thing, but it is possible there might be some slight differences because that button is tied in with the hardware/BIOS.
I have a laptop and there is no separate "Restart" button.
A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.
Re: Solved Upgrade to 20.2 failed
I was talking about the "Restart" button that occurs at the end of the upgrade. At the end you get 2 options, "Restart" or continue using the computer and then shutdown the computer.