failed online update 12.10 to 13.04 black screen

[Uriah Heep]

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something has gone very wrong with your upgrade..

try these commands:
sudo apt-get update (or aptitude if you prefer)
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

hopefully that will complete your upgrade

/Sinclair

Tried the above as well as another suggestion that appeared after booting
to cl but still no joy. In all about 15 mb was installed.Anything further
to try or is it time for a fresh install?

.
uriah

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:55 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:

> something has gone very wrong with your upgrade..
>
> try these commands:
> sudo apt-get update (or aptitude if you prefer)
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> hopefully that will complete your upgrade
>
> /Sinclair
>
>
> On 29/05/2013 10:41, Uriah Heep wrote:
>
>> just type startx and press enter
>>
>> you should either get a normal kde desktop or some error message
>>
>> I got a box stating I had failed to load session gnome
>> Prior to that about a paragraph that passed before I could blink.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:47 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
>> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 29/05/2013 08:08, Uriah Heep wrote:
>>
>>         try pressing ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 and see if you get a login
>>         prompt. If so,
>>         logon with normal username/password. Then run command startx and
>> see
>>         what output you get
>>
>>
>>         After my initial log in and black screen I did as you suggested
>> and
>>         wound up on the cl. There were comments that I was using 13.04
>>         and that
>>         there was a new release 1304 and the usual disclaimer that
>>         nothing was
>>         guaranteed.  Assuming I am supposed to be at cl what do I need
>>         to enter
>>         to run comman startx?
>>         Thanks  Uriah
>>
>>
>>         On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:46 PM, O. Sinclair
>>         <o.sinclair at gmail.com <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>
>>         <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>**>
>> wrote:
>>
>>              On 29/05/2013 05:36, Uriah Heep wrote:
>>
>>                  I have a basic Lenovo G580 laptop with and Intel I5
>>         running at
>>                  2.5 GHz
>>                  and except for adding a second four gig stick of memory
>>         I have not
>>                  modified it.  Video is handled by the I5.  Of course,
>>         Windows 8 was
>>                  installed though I would rather not have to pay for it.
>>           I installed
>>                  Kubuntu 12.10 in a dual boot configuration and have
>>         been using
>>                  it for
>>                  three months without issue.  I then did an online
>>         upgrade to Kubuntu
>>                  13.04.  I rebooted the password screen came up, I
>>         entered my
>>                  password
>>                  hit enter, and now have a black screen with the
>>         exception of the
>>                  mouse
>>                  cursor.  When experimenting hitting the print screen
>> button
>>                  brought up
>>                  the screen capture program.  From there I was able to
>>         get into
>>                  Firefox
>>                  on exiting Firefox I was again confronted with a black
>>         screen.
>>                    After
>>                  invoking screen copy again, I was able to get
>>         printscreen to
>>                  show other
>>                  areas such as root, grub, etc.
>>
>>                  Would anyone be able to suggest a way I could get my
>>         regular
>>                  home screen
>>                  back?
>>
>>
>>              try pressing ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 and see if you get a login
>>         prompt. If
>>              so, logon with normal username/password. Then run command
>>         startx and
>>              see what output you get
>>
>>     just type startx and press enter
>>
>>     you should either get a normal kde desktop or some error message
>>
>>
>>
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