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I switched of the PC whilst updating the software

Asked by BoN3z

Whilst updating to 7.10 I turned of the computer without cancelling the process first. Since then, I login and then all I get is a blank screen with the only signs of it working is the print screen coming up but nothing else can be done.
What can I do?
How can I get it working again?

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Best Christoph Langner (chrissss) said : 		#1

Change into a virtual terminal with ctrl+alt+f1 and log into your account. Now execute these commands

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -f install
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Now the update should be completed.

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Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said : 		#2

I think the best thing to do is switching to a Virtual Terminal (or using the Recovery Mode) and run the command
sudo apt-get upgrade
This will finish the upgrade installing and configuring the missed packages.

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BoN3z (xlittle-miss-bossybootsx) said : 		#3

Thanks Christoph Langner, that solved my question.

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BoN3z (xlittle-miss-bossybootsx) said : 		#4

thanks to Andrea too, the first feedback did the trick without trying your solution. Really appreciated the support to a newbe.