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update-manager package

Shut down during upgrade, now a black screen shows when I log in

Asked by Laura Enughwure

I have an Inspiron 15 Intel N5040 which runs Ubuntu. Last week, I was attempting an upgrade to version 12, but towards the end of said upgrade, the laptop shut down. Now, things aren't installed properly, and although I am able to log in, I can't do anything as I am only shown a black screen. There's no way I can get anything off the laptop at all, it's basically useless right now. If someone knows a way that I can fix this, that'd be great!

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Barry Drake (b-drake) said : 		#1

Can you get to the login screen - before you actually log in? If so, click the 'Ubuntu' button near the login box and change to Unity 2D. Failing that, you are going to have to boot from a livd-DVD and rescue any data before doing some serious work to complete the installation. This will almost certainly involve data loss, so do nothing more until you have a complete backup.

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Laura Enughwure (ojevwelaura) said : 		#2

Yes, I can. And its working (so far). However, I do not have a livd-DVD, nor do I know where to get one. I'm currently backing up now, but how do I complete the installation if the update manager isn't working?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please open a terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and to reboot

sudo reboot

Then please at login please click on the circle icon at right to the login filed and select

ubuntu-2d

and made login

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Laura Enughwure (ojevwelaura) said : 		#4

Yay!