apt-get dist-upgrade ends with error

[Antony Gelberg]

lunatic77 wrote:
> I have a very similar problem.  The only difference is that actual
> package that was being updated (I think it was something like
> xfprint....).  Well, I decided to go ahead and reboot, and only ran
> into chaos.  My display manager won't start now, yet it keeps trying
> over and over which makes it hard to do anything from the terminal. 
> Neither do I have any networking support turned on.  So I am completely
> hosed for now.
> 
> 
> 
> I guess my point is, don't reboot unless you know what you're doing
> (which I apparently didn't).]

Even more so, stick to stable unless you know what you're doing.