Dapper upgrade fails

[C Hamel]

On Saturday 22 April 2006 09:13, Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have just run "update-manager -d" on my laptop running Breezy , but
> when I reboot, gdm fails to start; I get left staring at a black
> screen after the startup sequence has completed.
>
> How can I determine and fix what went wrong? I would be  happy to file
> a bug report at launchpad, but I not sure what information would be
> useful.
>
> I have booted knoppix  and mounted the laptop's HD, so I can access
> the log and config files.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>   Colin Brace
>   Amsterdam
You might start by editing the grub line which contains the kernel parameters 
& add 'single' at the very end to see if it boots in single-user mode.  Once 
there, look at your xorg log & gdm logs.  That should tell you the story, 
hopefully.

FWIW...
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	...CH
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