cannot login in Ubuntu 9.10 after upgrade from ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 karmic with an ati video card

I don't know will it work but you can try in terminal

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get -f install

Hi zvacet
thank-you for the reply

I will give it a go and post back

I tried the above commands from the recovery console and it updated/upgraded quite allot of packages

But it did NOT fix my issue.

I still need some help please!

I have A Dell Studio 1737 Laptop by the way...

You tell:
"I upgraded my Ubuntu installation from Jaunty 9.04 to 9.10 using the :
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade."

the "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" isn't to made to upgrade the release from 9.04 to 9.10 and it don't upgrade the release.

To make a release upgrade with the develop release of Karmic the command to type in a terminal is:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

But i suggest you to don't do it if until you have a not working Ubuntu 9.04 system.

So please copy and paste here the result of this terminal command:

lsb_release -rd

to check your actual release name.

Then please try pressing ESC when you see the GRUB row at pc boot to start from a previous kernel release by selecting it from the showed items.

Thank you

thank-you for the reply.

my system still freezes when i get to the login screen.
But I can now start ubuntu only from the recovery console by using these commands :

sudo aticonfig --initial

and then

startx

here is the lsb_release -rd output :

root@tiple2009-laptop:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

BUT I cannot use my mouse pad only my USB mouse.

Can you help me fix this please.

can you clarify a bit more on what I should do here please :

Then please try pressing ESC when you see the GRUB row at pc boot to start from a previous kernel release by selecting it from the showed items.

okay I can now log into ubunto 9.10 Karmic

but I have no mouse-pad movement.

any suggestions??

okay i have fixed this issue using the same commands as earlier

I booted into the recovery console and ran

sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

sudo aticonfig --initial

startx

login to ubuntu and then ran

sudo apt-get update

suao apt-get upgrade

I'm glad you have solved and i think will help a lot...

Many thank to report your solved experience here

Can you get and post here the result of

lspci

terminal command... to get more detail abot your system.

Best regards

Same problem here but not same spec, my laptop is a HP dv2423la, after upgrade to karmic, i got no sound and no mousepad, i have tried all above and nothing plus some things else, besides kernel 2.6.31.14 generic, does not work for me at all, cpu freezes when before start Xwindow, i'm using 2.6.28.16 and i got the issues i told before. no sound and no mousepad, i also see a slow performance in video card.
PD: All chipset is intel but Wireless card is Broadcom.

Thanks for helping!!!