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No desktop after boot under intrepid

Asked by bantom

Tried to upgrade from Hardy (OK as a Linux-newbie: blame me). Some packages hadn't been installed correctly - especially network-support. After reboot I just got to a blank brown screen with active mouse and keypad. (I had automatic login switched on). When I try "sudo apt-get update" there's no network connection. If I boot with Hardy-Live-CD I can see that ext3-Partition has 8.10 and 8.04. Is it possible to roll back to 8.04 (or: have the thing with 8.10 fixed...)?

Thanks for your help

Thomas

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Best David Hugh-Jones (davidhughjones) said : 		#1

Reboot.

Get to the brown screen.

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1. Login.

type "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list" to edit your sources.list. (Or use another editor if you have a preferred one.)

replace "intrepid" with "hardy" throughout, save and exit the editor.

type "sudo apt-get update".
type "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".

You should (hopefully) get back to where you were.

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David Hugh-Jones (davidhughjones) said : 		#2

Actually: ignore stupid answer above. I didn't notice you had no network.

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bantom (bantom) said : 		#3

Thanks David!

Actually: It DID work! I didn't know the trick with Ctrl+Alt+F1! Network connection failed just in "recovery mode"
I tried "sudo apt-get update", which worked fine, but still ended with blank screen after reboot, same with "uninstall desktop" and reinstall.
So I found the hint with "sudo apt-get install xfce4" and - I'm back to "Intrepid" - well: with a slightly umfamiliary look) ;-)

Regards
Thomas