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upgraded and get a terminal rather than GNOME

Asked by John Wilson

This is a remote area of New Zealand and I only have wired internet access in the hospital. I wanted to upgrade to 8.10 to use a Huawei E220 mobile phone modem in my laptop in the apartment.
I downloaded all the files for the upgrade from a New Zealand server and then when they were being installed disconnected from the internet and brought running laptop back to my apartment.
At the end of the process I have a screen that looks a bit like a terminal.
I was getting a message that there was 1 zombie process.
When I log into this terminal with my username and password nothing much happens except I get told where to get help and then: john-laptop $ as if I am logged onto a terminal.
How do I get GNOME to run??

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

When you are logged in please try, type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get --reinstall install ubuntu-desktop
sudo reboot

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#2

It worked perfectly
Thank you
John