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12.10 Alpha 3 crashes after update

Asked by Robert Lee

 Originally I had an updated 12.10 where I started from pre-Alpha to Alpha 1 and so on to Alpha 3. A week ago I updated my 12.10 Alpha 3 and I could not log-in. So I re-installed 12.10 Alpha 3 successfully from the ISO. I have tried three times to get the latest updates for Alpha 3 and each time the updated version crashes after log-on. The kernel on the updated version was 3.5.0-10 or 3.5.0-11

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Best Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#1

Well, it's an alpha version, it is not made for normal users but for developers.
If you are able to provide addational debugging information you should file a bug report.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

I suggest you report a bug. Quantal is not ready and not stable. If you are happy to put up with bugs, feature holes and at times a none booting system, but want to report bugs to get the release ready for October then by all means keep Quantal. If you need your OS to work then I suggest you install Precise.

Have you tried booting to older kernels to see if the issue persists?
Did you report the bug?

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Robert Lee (blee880) said : 		#3

Yes, it is an alpha version which I run on a computer reserved for this sort of OS. I have 12.04 on a Laptop and Desktop.
I bought this situation up as I updated once using "dist-upgrade" and the result was a crashed system. But not to be stopped, I tried to update using Synaptic Package Manager which resulted in the same resulted, a crashed system. Okay, that didn't work either, so I decided to update this alpha using Software Updater even though this was the least reliable during the 12.10 alpha versions. It resulted in a crashed system so I re-installed alpha 3 and the first beta is only a month away.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

i'm using ubuntu 12.10 right now with kernel:

Linux ubuntu-laptop 3.5.0-11-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 16 21:02:43 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

please try a previous kernel and after a complete update/upgrade please send a bug report...

to update your system, if you don't have Gui access, using terminal press

ctrl + alt + f1

made login with your user and passwd, then type:

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot