[CoLoCo] Need help recovering data/system

[TJ Heaney]

I honestly think you are right on the xorg.conf being FUBARed

This morning before I ran off to work, I managed to get it up to the Kubuntu
loading splash (Logo, with the little bar, and the ASCII text of what was
being loaded), after it loaded to 100%, it showed the splash again, this
time not showing anything loading.

I've got a friend burning an ISO for me today, so hopefully I can get it to
work from there.

Thanks


On 8/30/07, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> TJ,
> Your first task should be to get X back up and running...  most likely
> your xorg.conf file was messed up somewhere in the upgrade.
>
> Try this in a console:
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> Choose almost all the defaults unless you know of a specific setting or
> hardware profile that will fit you better.  This will get you your graphical
> desktop back.  Next we should try to get you updated using the correct
> update manager method, so try to go to System -> Administration -> Update
> Manager and see if it tells you that there is a new release of Ubuntu
> available.  If it does, go ahead and use that tool.  If not, it may be best
> at this point to backup your data and do a fresh install with a 7.04LiveCD (I can send you one in the mail).
>
> Using the sudo apt-get update method to go from one release to the next
> can work, sometimes... but usually will result in the sort of issues that
> you found.  These issues are often hard to resolve without having someone
> who is familiar with package dependencies and whatnot right at the computer
> madly typing away figuring out exactly what is broken and what simply needs
> to be reconfigured or re-installed.
>
> Hopefully this helps....
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On 8/30/07, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I tried using Knoppix STD, but i'm not able to locate the hard drive. I
> > suppose I could try another live distro....
> >
> > While in STD, should I be labeling my HD as it was on my regular version
> > for mounting purposes?
> >
> > i.e. it is SATA, so should I just be doing /sda1 etc?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 8/30/07, Paul Schwartz < pmjs1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >   Have you tried a live CD?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: TJ Heaney < tjheaney at gmail.com>
> > > To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > >
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:41:42 AM
> > > Subject: [CoLoCo] Need help recovering data/system
> > >
> > > Hi guys!
> > >
> > > I just tried updating to 7.04 using the following:
> > >
> > > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > >
> > > And, apparently, a few packages were broken. So I attempted to repair
> > > them via synaptic, no dice.
> > >
> > > When I tried to repair them, I lost graphical. I have a feeling that X
> > > was wasted.
> > >
> > > I need some help recovering the data on there, if at all possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > TJ
> > >
> > >
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