10.04 rc update problems

[NoOp]

Goh Lip wrote:
> On 04/27/2010 05:03 AM, NoOp wrote:
...
>> When finished with that, continue to normal login. That also will put
>> you in text mode. However that's normal. Enter your username&  password,
>> then:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get upgrade&&  sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> $ sudo update-grub
>> $ sudo reboot
>>
>> Boot into the standard kernel (not recovery mode)&  see if all is
>> workiing now.
> 
> Kjetil, Noop's suggestion is a good one. But you can also do the above 
> at text mode without going to recovery mode too, (that is, if you cannot 
> get to the grub menu to go to the recovery mode).

Actually I've found that the above _sometimes_ works with a standard
text console mode. However, going to recovery mode seems to pull in more
bits.

As an added note: I've a system that is now exhibiting the same exact
same issue. I've dpkg (recovery), boot into standard & get the same etc.
In any event it's not a grub issue... I suspect it is (in my case) a
nouveau video driver issue & will report back when/if I figure it out.

Waiting... "Please hold"... "Please hold... your call is very important
to us"... "Please hold"..

Yep... that was the issue on my system.

$ sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
$ sudo reboot

and the system rebooted just fine.

I of course still have other issues yet to be resolved... but I reckon I
can figure out those now that I can boot back into the updated system :-)