Re: Advice please
Alex King <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:22:19 +1200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============8585480482341764511== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------AA1C59450B94ABB53A945DEA" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AA1C59450B94ABB53A945DEA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, so maybe there is a problem with the internet connection? Try: ping -c5 8.8.8.8 and ping -c5 www.google.co.nz to check the internet connection and see if either or both give you "64 bytes from ....." (success). If it's a laptop connected through wireless, then things breaking during the upgrade can cut off internet access and put you in a catch-22 where it's difficult to fix without internet. If it's using ethernet (plug-in) internet connection it's less likely to break. On 26/06/16 19:15, Kevan Quinn wrote: > > Sure. I tried a few things and found that tab highlighted the ok, then enter > accepted the license. Download failed, as did the resolving and sub-process. > > Kevan > > On Jun 26, 2016 7:11 PM, Alex King <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, the apt and aptitude commands may require input. > > > There are different forms that input can take (i.e. what's known as curses > and tty frontends), so it's difficult to give give a comprehensive answer. > > > However, it's difficult to go really wrong, usually the default answers are > fine, and it should be possible to reconfigure later differently if needed. > > > Start with just using enter and spacebar, or you might need Y or N or to > type numbers to choose an option. > > > If you're seeing a blue screen the the ok is surrounded by <> and lines, it > could be a text "button" that's activated with the spacebar. > > > Do you mind if I post back to dunlug so google can help the next person? > > > Cheers, > > Alex > > > On 26/06/16 18:40, Kevan Quinn wrote: >> Hi Alex >> >> Thanks for your response. >> >> I ran the first command (opting for the default no when prompted) and it >> completed. >> >> I then ran the second command, which soon brought up a text screen that I'm >> stuck in. It's a MS EULA license agreement. At the bottom it has <Ok> >> >> Is it requiring input? should I type <Ok> ? >> >> Kevan >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Alex King <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, 26 June 2016 3:50 p.m. >> *To:* Kevan Quinn >> *Subject:* Re: [dunlug] Advice please >> >> I guess you mean a text login prompt, a black terminal screen? >> >> >> Try logging in with your username and password. ( You should get a $ prompt) >> >> >> Then become "root" with the following command: >> sudo su >> (Enter your password, you get a # prompt) >> >> Now try the following commands, and let us know what they result in: >> >> dpkg --configure -a >> apt-get -f install >> aptitude update >> aptitude safe-upgrade >> aptitude full-upgrade >> >> (if those executed without error messages you could try restarting the >> computer by typing "reboot".) >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex >> >> >> On 26/06/16 15:39, Kevan Quinn wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> I was running Ubuntu 14.04 when notice of an upgrade to 15 came through. I >>> accepted it and alllowed it to download and run. It got almost all the way >>> through but didn't seem to finish. I left it and went to bed. The next >>> morning my 13 year old daughter got to the PC first. I don't know if >>> whatever she did had an effect, but now it won't start an o/s. I'm left at >>> a login prompt without any Ubuntu knowledge. Can anyone guide me please? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Kevan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DunLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug >>> DunLUG Wiki -http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/ >> > --------------AA1C59450B94ABB53A945DEA Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <p>OK, so maybe there is a problem with the internet connection?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Try:</p> <p>ping -c5 8.8.8.8</p> <p><br> </p> <p>and <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>ping -c5 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.google.co.nz">www.google.co.nz</a></p> <p><br> </p> <p>to check the internet connection and see if either or both give you "64 bytes from ....." (success).</p> <p><br> </p> <p>If it's a laptop connected through wireless, then things breaking during the upgrade can cut off internet access and put you in a catch-22 where it's difficult to fix without internet.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>If it's using ethernet (plug-in) internet connection it's less likely to break.<br> </p> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/06/16 19:15, Kevan Quinn wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:d0265f8f9b37462c8f612ba319c99d30@its-mail-p04.registry.otago.ac.nz" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <p dir="ltr">Sure. I tried a few things and found that tab highlighted the ok, then enter accepted the license. Download failed, as did the resolving and sub-process.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kevan <br> </p> <div class="quote">On Jun 26, 2016 7:11 PM, Alex King <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote:<br type="attribution"> </div> <div> <p>Yes, the apt and aptitude commands may require input.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>There are different forms that input can take (i.e. what's known as curses and tty frontends), so it's difficult to give give a comprehensive answer.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>However, it's difficult to go really wrong, usually the default answers are fine, and it should be possible to reconfigure later differently if needed.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Start with just using enter and spacebar, or you might need Y or N or to type numbers to choose an option.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>If you're seeing a blue screen the the ok is surrounded by <> and lines, it could be a text "button" that's activated with the spacebar.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Do you mind if I post back to dunlug so google can help the next person?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Alex<br> </p> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/06/16 18:40, Kevan Quinn wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <style type="text/css" style=""> <!-- p {margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0} p {margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0} --> </style> <div id="Signature"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Hi Alex<br> <br> Thanks for your response.<br> <br> I ran the first command (opting for the default no when prompted) and it completed.<br> <br> I then ran the second command, which soon brought up a text screen that I'm stuck in. It's a MS EULA license agreement. At the bottom it has <Ok> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"> <div class="PlainText"><font size="2"><br> Is it requiring input? should I type <Ok> ?<br> <br> </font>Kevan <br> </div> </span></font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Alex King <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a><br> <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 26 June 2016 3:50 p.m.<br> <b>To:</b> Kevan Quinn<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [dunlug] Advice please</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <p>I guess you mean a text login prompt, a black terminal screen?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Try logging in with your username and password. ( You should get a $ prompt)</p> <p><br> </p> Then become "root" with the following command: <pre>sudo su </pre> (Enter your password, you get a # prompt)<br> <br> Now try the following commands, and let us know what they result in:<br> <br> <pre>dpkg --configure -a apt-get -f install aptitude update aptitude safe-upgrade aptitude full-upgrade </pre> <p>(if those executed without error messages you could try restarting the computer by typing "reboot".)<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Alex<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/06/16 15:39, Kevan Quinn wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <style type="text/css" style=""> <!-- p {margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0} --> </style> <div id="Signature"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Hi all<br> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div> <div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"> <div class="PlainText"><font size="2"><br> I was running Ubuntu 14.04 when notice of an upgrade to 15 came through. I accepted it and alllowed it to download and run. It got almost all the way through but didn't seem to finish. I left it and went to bed. The next morning my 13 year old daughter got to the PC first. I don't know if whatever she did had an effect, but now it won't start an o/s. I'm left at a login prompt without any Ubuntu knowledge. Can anyone guide me please?<br> <br> </font>Thanks<br> <br> Kevan <br> </div> </span></font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br> <pre>_______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug">http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug</a> DunLUG Wiki - <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/">http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/</a></pre> </blockquote> <br> </div> </div> </blockquote> <br> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------AA1C59450B94ABB53A945DEA-- --===============8585480482341764511== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KRHVuTFVHIG1h aWxpbmcgbGlzdApEdW5MVUdAbGlzdHMuZXRoZXJuYWwub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5ldGhlcm5h bC5vcmcvbGlzdGluZm8vZHVubHVnCkR1bkxVRyBXaWtpIC0gaHR0cDovL2R1bmx1Zy5rYWxsaXN0 aS5uZXQubnov --===============8585480482341764511==--